# NTSB ATL82DKW06: Cessna 310, N5253J, Nashville, TN, March 11, 1982 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report - Date: March 11, 1982, 00:40 local (06:40 UTC) - Place: Nashville, TN - Coordinates: 36.110279, -86.659683 (estimated) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1103&lon=-86.6597&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 11, 1983 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 71829 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL82DKW06 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/71829/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82DKW06 ## Sequence of events In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf). - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff - light condition - dark night (contributing factor) - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot of other aircraft (cause) - On ground/water collision with object, taxi - to takeoff - light condition - dark night (contributing factor) - procedures/directives - not followed, pilot in command (cause) - visual lookout - inadequate, pilot in command (cause) ## Analysis (aircraft 2) THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA 310, N5253J AT NIGHT AFTER BOTH PLANES HAD BEEN CLEARED TO THE SAME RUNWAY. THE OTHER PILOT STATED THAT THE BEECH 95-55 WAS TAXIING WITHOUT LIGHTS. REPORTEDLY, THE CESSNA PILOT DID NOT SEE THE BEECH 95-55 APPROACHING FROM HIS LEFT UNTIL JUST PRIOR TO THE COLLISION. ## Analysis (aircraft 1) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF AT NIGHT WITH ALL TAXI LIGHTS ON, WHEN HIS AIRCRAFT WAS STRUCK FROM THE LEFT BY ANOTHER PLANE. HE STATED THAT THE OTHER PLANE, BEECH 95-55, N303RM, WAS TAXIING WITHOUT ANY LIGHTS. BOTH AIRCRAFT HAD RECEIVED CLEARANCE TO TAXI TO THE SAME RUNWAY. ## Aircraft 1 - Registration: [N5253J](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5253J-2013-04-02), registration cancelled 2013-04-02, S/N 310R0814 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 310 - Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 310R0814 - Airframe hours: 3007 - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520 285 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Part 135 - Operator: Courier Service Inc. - Registered owner: Courier Service Inc. - Departed: BNA, NASHVILLE, IN - Destination: SDF, LOUISVILLE, KY - Airport: BNA, Nashville Metro ## Aircraft 2 - Registration: [N303RM](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N303RM), registered now, S/N TC-1219, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: BEECH 95-55 - Registry model: [Beech 95-B55](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-95-b55) (registry code 1152705) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470 260 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Minor damage - Flight: Part 135 - Registered owner: Dixie Airways, Inc. - Destination: CHICAGO, IL - Flight plan: IFR - Airport: BNA, Nashville Metro ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot, aircraft N5253J; age 30; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 1,742 total, 350 in this make and model, 1,605 as pilot in command, 250 in the last 90 days, 5 in the last 24 hours - Pilot, aircraft N303RM; medical: unknown, unknown ## Weather - Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark - Wind: 160° at 7 knots - Visibility: 1 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: 250 ft broken - Temperature: 135 °F ## FAA reports on this event (2) The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 19820311006711A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820311006711A), Mar 11, 1982: Cessna 310R, Nashville, TN, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with another, N303RM, during taxi for takeoff. - [Accident 19820311006712A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820311006712A), Mar 11, 1982: Beech 95B55, Nashville, TN, Minor damage. Entering taxiway from parking area flight was hit by a 310, N5253J. Wing light & top rotating beacon inoperative. ## Other investigations on N5253J (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 ATL84FA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84FA169), May 11, 1984: Cessna 310R (N5253J), Clarkson, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal 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. --- 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.