# NTSB FTW84FA035: Cessna 310, N5343A, Fairview, OK, October 30, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: October 29, 1983, 20:00 local (Oct 30, 1983, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Fairview, OK
- Coordinates: 36.799095, -98.659835 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7991&lon=-98.6598&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21076
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA035
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21076/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA035

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - aircraft handling - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - spatial disorientation, pilot in command (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED TO TAKE OFF AT ABOUT 1830. WITNESSES NEAR THE CRASH SITE REPORTED SEEING & HEARING A LOW FLYING ACFT AT ABOUT 2000 & STATED THE ENGS WERE RUNNING SMOOTHLY. THERE WAS FOG IN THE LOW AREAS WITH VISIBILITY OF LESS THAN 1/4 MI IN THOSE AREAS. THE WING TIP LIGHTS WERE OBSERVED TO DESCEND SLOWLY UNTIL OUT OF SIGHT. THE ACFT HAD IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NEAR WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE & AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE CRASH SITE IS 71 MI FROM THE POINT OF DEPARTURE. THE PLT'S BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL WAS 0.171%.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5343A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5343A-2013-11-07), registration cancelled 2013-11-07, S/N 35543, built 1957 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 35534
- Airframe hours: 4031
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470M 240 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Robert R. Brown
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 8, 1983, 27 hours before
- Departed: 2EJ, OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
- Destination: 3K1, ALVA, OK

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 58; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 40° at 2 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 63 °F, dew point 57 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: WDG, 28 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19831029055859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831029055859A), Oct 29, 1983: Cessna 310, Fairview, OK, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck the ground at 200 mph at night in a dense fog. Pilots alcohol blood level indicates intoxication.

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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