# Accident 20150925017389A: Cessna T310Q, Wichita, KS, September 25, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2015, 15:50 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6778° N, 97.4600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6778&lon=-97.4600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N301JA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N301JA-2018-04-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520-B (registry code 17249, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520-B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 502 total, 32 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA425) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150925017389A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON SEPTEMBER 25, 2015, AT APPROXIMATELY 1550 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA T310Q AIRPLANE, N301JA, WAS DESTROYED AFTER DECLARING AN EMERGENCY AND SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTING THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF ICT IN WICHITA, KANSAS. THE COMMERCIAL, MULTI-ENGINE, INSTRUMENT-RATED PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO CELESTIAL KNIGHTS, LLC AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE FLIGHT AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT WICHITA DWIGHT D EISENHOWER NATIONAL AIRPORT (KICT), WICHITA, KANSAS AND WAS ENROUTE FOR CENTENNIAL AIRPORT (KAPA), DENVER, COLORADO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN15FA425](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA425), Sep 25, 2015: Cessna T310Q (N301JA), Wichita, KS, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The separation of the attachment hardware connecting the elevator trim tab pushrod to the elevator trim actuator, which resulted in the elevator trim tab jamming in a position outside the limits of…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.