# NTSB ATL91FA042: Cessna 310, N3602D, Brunswick, GA, January 23, 1991

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 23, 1991, 17:45 local (22:45 UTC)
- Place: Brunswick, GA
- Coordinates: 31.14986, -81.479896 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.1499&lon=-81.4799&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 9, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 8307
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL91FA042
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/8307/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA042

## Probable cause

THE INCAPACITATION OF THE PILOT.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - physical impairment(other cardiovascular), pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3602D-1991-08-19), registration cancelled 1991-08-19, S/N 35302 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3502
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 62; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19910123000959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910123000959A), Jan 23, 1991: Cessna 310, Brunswick, GA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Uncontrolled crash into trees. Autopsy report show pilots heart may have stopped prior to crash.

## Other investigations on N3602D (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 MIA65F0011](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65F0011), Mar 5, 1965: Cessna 310 (N3602D), Charlotte, NC, substantial damage

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.

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