- Date
- August 29, 1982, 21:00 local (Aug 30, 1982, 02:00 UTC)
- Place
- Near Woodruff, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7746QCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report August 29, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820829067019A
- Case key
- 71951
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
In flight collision with terrain/water
Light condition - dark nightFactor
Weather condition - low ceilingFactor
Weather condition - fogFactor
Weather condition - rainFactor
Ifr procedure - not followedCause
Proper altitude - not maintainedCause
Minimum descent altitude - belowCause
Analysis
At approximately 2050, the acft was cleared for a NDB approach to lakeland arpt. At 2100, the acft crashed into a heavily wooded area 8.5 mi nw of the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7746Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0246
- Airframe hours
- 488
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U09A, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Pdl Company
- Registered owner
- Pdl Company
- Departed
- SDF · Louisville, KY
- Destination
- ARU · Woodruff, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ARV · Lakeland, runway 18, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
N7746QRegistration cancelled Nov 18, 2014 · Cessna 310QAirframe modelCessna 310QEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 100 in this make and model · 800 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 2 knots
- Temperature
- 135 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHI, 28 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.