- Date
- October 20, 1987, 01:30 local (06:30 UTC)
- Place
- Brownton, MN
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57DSCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871020062779A
- Case key
- 13922
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Analysis
Acft crashed in open farm field during night dark conditions witness heard loud roar of engs then a hard dull thud and then silence. Angle of impact was near vertical. Engs were buried 8FT and dist of wreckage was confined to within the dimensions of acft. Plt given PIREP on flt to ogallala advising of turb and rime ice. No radio contact or weather update request on flt back to crystal city. The wx at the acc site was unknown except for a resident near the site who said it was cold but not raining when she heard the sound of the acft and the thud of what she believed was the acft crashing. The fss at redwood falls, MN, about 36 NM from the acc site, reported at 0100 CDT OBS 1000 ft scattered, 1500 ft overcast and 12 miles visibility.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57DS
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35496
- Airframe hours
- 4,327
- Engine
- Continental O-470M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert R. Kartes, doing business as Aaa Co-Op
- Registered owner
- Aaa Coop
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1987 · 83 hours before
- Departed
- OGA · Ogallala, NE
- Destination
- MIC · Crystal City, MN
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 539 total · 79 in this make and model · 357 as pilot in command · 42 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 280° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RWF, 38 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.