# NTSB FTW69A0023: Cessna 310L, N2219F, Austin, TX, October 8, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: October 8, 1968
- Place: Austin, TX · AUSTIN, TX
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 3, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107630
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW69A0023
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW69A0023

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4253   68/10/8   AUSTIN,TEX          CESSNA 310L         CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 2400
        TIME - 0700                    N2219F              PX-  1  0  0  CORP/EXEC                 TOTAL HOURS, 20 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IFR OPERATION
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT
           INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATION EQUIPMENT: ILS RECEIVERS
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ERRATIC
        REMARKS- RECENTLY RATED INST PLT,9/18/68.FAILED TO MAINTAIN ASSIGNED ALT OR HEADINGS.PLTS FLT TIME IS EST.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2219F](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2219F-1971-09-28), registration cancelled 1971-09-28, S/N 310L-0019 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Registry model: [Cessna 310L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (registry code 2074230) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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