# Accident 20241230019279A: Cessna 310D, Peebles, OH, December 30, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 2024, 15:15 local time
- Place: Peebles, OH
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9946° N, 83.4266° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9946&lon=-83.4266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6979T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6979T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 779 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA25FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241230019279A

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 30, 2024, ABOUT 1515 EASTERN STANDARD TIME (EST), A CESSNA 310D, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR PEEBLES, OHIO. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS OPERATED AS A TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 FERRY FLIGHT.

THE AIRPLANE WAS LOCATED ON PRIVATE, WOODED TERRAIN, ATOP OF A LARGE HILL. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOSE DOWN AND WEDGED BETWEEN LARGE HARDWOOD TREES ADJACENT TO A GRASS ACCESS PATHWAY. THE LEFT WING WAS DISPLACED AFT, AND THE RIGHT WING WAS DISPLACED FORWARD. THE EMPENNAGE HAD FOLDED FORWARD OVER THE FUSELAGE AFT OF THE REAR SEATS AND WAS DISPLACED TO THE LEFT.

THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES THEN TERRAIN IN A LEFT-WING AND NOSE-LOW NEAR VERTICAL FLIGHT ATTITUDE WITH LITTLE TO NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FIRE. ALL MAJOR COMPONENTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE OBSERVED AT THE ACCIDENT SITE. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON A 299° HEADING.

FLIGHT CONTROLS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT BUT WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED DUE TO GROUND AND TREE IMPACT DAMAGE. FLIGHT CONTROLS CONTINUITY OR MEASUREMENTS WERE NOT OBTAINED DUE TO THE POSITION OF THE WRECKAGE AND THEN TIME CONSTRAINTS OF THE ON-SITE INVESTIGATION.

BOTH WINGS EXHIBITED SIGNIFICANT COMPRESSION DAMAGE TO THE LEADING EDGES. TWISTING OF THE LEFT WING SKIN STARTED AT THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE WING TIP AND LESSENED AT THE FORWARD WING ENGINE NACELLE LOCATION. ALL FUEL TANKS WHERE HEAVILY DAMAGED AND COMPROMISED.

THE ENGINES WERE BURIED IN THE GROUND, RETRIEVED AND SHIPPED TO CONTINENTAL ENGINES FOR TEARDOWN AND ASSESSMENT.

## 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 ERA25FA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25FA086), Dec 30, 2024: Cessna 310 (N6979T), Peebles, OH, substantial damage, 1 fatal, investigation ongoing

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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