- Date
- October 25, 2004, 13:35 local (19:35 UTC)
- Place
- Draper, UT
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8175MCessna 310I
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- FAA Flight Standards District Office
- FAA report
- 20041025027309A
- Case key
- 60434
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Probable cause
the pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making, and his failure to maintain adequate airspeed resulting in a stall.
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
According to the pilot, he "encountered rising terrain and pitched the aircraft up." The pilot stated that he saw terrain ahead of his flight path but "was too close to reverse course." The pilot stated that he "aligned the aircraft with the slope of the terrain and heard the stall warning" prior to impacting terrain. The airplane came to rest inverted, sustaining substantial damage.
Factual narrative
On October 25, 2004, at approximately 1335 mountain daylight time, a Cessna 310I, N8175M, piloted by a commercial pilot, impacted Point of the Mountain approximately 3 nautical miles south of Draper, Utah. Marginal visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and his passenger sustained minor injuries. The cross-country flight originated in Boise, Idaho, at approximately 1130 and was en route to Spanish Fork (U77), Utah, for a fuel stop.
According to the accident report submitted by the pilot, he was navigating with a global positioning system (GPS) unit to U77. Approximately 22 miles from U77, he "encountered rising terrain and pitched the aircraft up." The pilot stated that he saw Point of the Mountain ahead of his flight course but "was too close to reverse course." The pilot stated that he "aligned the aircraft with the slope of the terrain and heard the stall warning" prior to impacting terrain. The airplane came to rest inverted. The outboard wing tip tanks separated from both wings and both wings were crushed aft longitudinally and wrinkled.
According to the aviation routine weather report (METAR) at Provo taken at 1315, the weather was "winds 350 degrees at 3 knots, visibility 3 statute miles, sky condition scattered at 1,600 feet agl, broken at 2,300 feet agl, overcast at 2,800 feet agl, temperature 4 degrees Celsius (C), dewpoint 2 degrees C, altimeter 29,89 inches.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8175M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310I0175
- Airframe hours
- 1,598
- Engines
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 2004 · 60 hours before
- Departed
- BOI · Boise, ID
- Destination
- U77 · Spanish Fork, UT
- Airport
- PVU · Provo Muni
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
- 65
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Last flight review
- May 6, 2004
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 14,209 total · 121 in this make and model · 14,178 as pilot in command · 121 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 350° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 39 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.88 inHg
- Observed at
- PVU, 16 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.