- Date
- March 11, 1984, 17:00 local (Mar 12, 1984, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Questa, NM
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N1111QCessna 310H
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840311031509A
- Case key
- 16230
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with rising terrain at the 12500 ft level. The summit was about 200 ft above the crash site. A friend of the plt was interviewed by the iic from NTSB. This friend was the host of the 3 accident victims for the weekend at his gunnison ranch. The host, because he was a plt asked the guest plt to postpone the flt. The host was assured that ifthe wx conditions were not good the flt would return to the ranch. The guest plt was described by the host as being 'thebest pasture plt I ever knew.' He also stated the plt hated to use the radio, never filed a flt plan and was not versed in omni. Onmi is slang for VOR navigation or very high frequency omnidirectional radio range. The plt had been advised by fss specialists that VFR flt was not recommended along his planned route because of icing levels & mountain obscuration. The plt chose to go anyway and departed without filing a flt plan.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1111Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310H
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310H0111
- Airframe hours
- 2,593
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Alonzo Burl Rylee
- Registered owner
- J. Michael Migel, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 24, 1982
- Departed
- GUC · Gunnison, CO
- Destination
- CXO · Conroe, TX
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,200 total · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 19 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALS, 51 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.