# Accident 20240114001779A: Cessna 310R, Poolville, TX, January 14, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2024, 12:15 local time
- Place: Poolville, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9863° N, 97.8972° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9863&lon=-97.8972&mi=10
- Aircraft: N252DL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N252DL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 568 total, 204 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN24FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA089) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240114001779A

## Narrative

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

AFTER DESCENT THROUGH THE CLOUD LAYER INTO XBP FROM FLIGHT LEVEL 07, THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO REACH ITS INTENDED DESTINATION, INSTEAD IMPACTING THE TERRAIN IN POOLVILLE, TX.  THE AIRCRAFT WENT AIRBORNE FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/3 OF A MILE, WHERE IT IMPACTED TREES, RESULTING IN 3 FATALITIES AND THE DESTRUCTION OF THE AIRCRAFT VIA IMPACT AND POST-CRASH FIRE.

## 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 CEN24FA089](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN24FA089), Jan 14, 2024: Cessna 310R (N252DL), Poolville, TX, destroyed, 3 fatal. Probable cause: Pilot incapacitation for undetermined reasons which resulted into controlled descent into terrain.

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.

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