# NTSB CHI80FA021: Cessna 310Q, N40AK, Winthrop Hbr, IL, January 16, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: January 16, 1980
- Place: Winthrop Hbr, IL · WINTHROP HBR, IL
- Location: 42.4806° N, 87.8296° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winthrop Harbor, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.4806&lon=-87.8296&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 15, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 132278
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI80FA021
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA021

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0118  80/1/16    WINTHROP HBR,IL     CESSNA 310Q         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 49, 757
        TIME - 1345                    N40AK               PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 221 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WAUKEGAN MEMORIAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ADDISON,TX.                 WINTHROP HBR,IL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                LANDING: INITIAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - LOW CEILING
           WEATHER - RAIN
           WEATHER - FOG
        WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE
        WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          OVERCAST                                                  600
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          1 MILE OR LESS                                           RAIN
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TEMPERATURE-F
          FOG                                                       49
        WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES                                   WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS
          160                                                       10
        TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS                               TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          IFR                                                      IFR
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N40AK](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N40AK-2013-07-02), registration cancelled 2013-07-02, S/N 310Q0528, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (registry code 2074242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Waukegan Memorial

## 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 19800116000679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800116000679A), Jan 16, 1980: Cessna 310Q, Winthrop Harbor, IL, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On IFR approach,came out of low clouds at a steep angle. Hit tree and a house. Weather below IFR minimums.

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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