- Date
- February 25, 1984, 15:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Monticello, IN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3805XCessna 310K
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840225074709A
- Case key
- 12388
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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
After taking off, the acft was observed to climb to about 400 ft AGL, then enter a steep left bank. The acft then leveled off & rolled out on a downwind that was angling toward the rwy. On downwind, the aircrew transmitted that they were 'coming back.' According to the UNICOM operator, the crewmember sounded disgusted or disappointed about something. At or near the point where the plt would have begun a base turn, the acft entered a steep left bank, then the nose dropped & the acft 'flew' into the ground & burned. No preimpact mechanical malfunction or failure was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3805X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310K
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310K 0205
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V0, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- J And S Flying Service, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 25, 1983
- Airport
- MCX · White County, runway 36, 3,500 × 60 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,520 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 21 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAF, 22 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.