# NTSB CHI65D0084: Cessna 310I, N8087M, Sheridan, IN, March 1, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 1, 1965
- Place: Sheridan, IN · SHERIDAN, IN
- Location: 40.1350° N, 86.2205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sheridan, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1350&lon=-86.2205&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 6, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 179506
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI65D0084
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI65D0084

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0506   65/3/1    SHERIDAN IND        CESSNA 310I         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1562
        TIME - 1515                    N8087M              PX-  0  0  4  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1500 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SHERIDAN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND SPEED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DOWNWIND
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8087M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8087M-1990-08-23), registration cancelled 1990-08-23, S/N 310I0087 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Registry model: [Cessna 310I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (registry code 2074224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Sheridan

## Other investigations on N8087M (2)

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 DEN89FA218](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN89FA218), Sep 17, 1989: Cessna 310I (N8087M), Hesperia, CA, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE NON-INSTRUMENT RATED PILOT CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC) AND MISJUDGED HIS ALTITUDE ABOVE THE TERRAIN. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: THE PILOT'S LACK OF…
- [NTSB NYC72FHJ04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC72FHJ04), Aug 18, 1971: Cessna 310I (N8087M), Mattituck, NY, 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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