- Date
- January 23, 1991, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place
- Brunswick, GA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N3602DCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910123000959A
- Case key
- 8307
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Probable cause
The incapacitation of the pilot.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The flight departed jesup, Georgia, en route to st. simons island, Georgia. Witnesses stated that the aircraft was in a shallow descent and the aircraft engines were running at a high rate of speed prior to impact with the trees. The physician who performed the autopsy reported that there was sufficient evidence to indicate that the pilot's heart was not beating at the time of impact.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3602D
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3502
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fosmire, William L
- Registered owner
- Fosmire, William L
- Departed
- JES · Jesup, GA
- Destination
- SSI · St. Simons Isl., GA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 62
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 7,312 total · 7,037 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SSI, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3602D · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.