# NTSB FTW84FA082: Cessna 310K, N310JD, Hodgen, OK, December 3, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 2, 1983, 21:03 local (Dec 3, 1983, 03:03 UTC)
- Place: Hodgen, OK
- Coordinates: 34.729377, -94.630744 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7294&lon=-94.6307&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21090
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW84FA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21090/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW84FA082

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach - iaf to faf/outer marker (ifr)
  - comm/nav equipment,distance measuring eqpt(dme) - inoperative (contributing factor)
  - operation with known deficiencies in equipment - intentional, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - overconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - descent - premature, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - high terrain (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT HAD PURCHASED THE ACFT AT REXBURG, ID ON THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. REPORTEDLY, THE PREVIOUS OWNER HAD FLOWN WITH THE PLT, BEFORE THE PLT DEPARTED REXBURG, AND SAID HE HAD FLOWN THE ACFT VERY WELL. THE PREVIOUS OWNER STATED THAT THE DME WAS NOT FUNCTIONING AT THE TIME THE ACFT WAS PURCHASED & HAD LEFT REXBURG. THE PLT THEN DEPARTED ON A FLT TO POTEAU, OK WITH AN EN ROUTE STOP AT HUTCHINSON, KS. AT HUTCHINSON, THE ACFT WAS REFUELED, BUT NO MAINTEANCE WAS PERFORMED. THE PLT TOOK OFF ON THE FINAL PORTION OF THE FLT TO POTEAU AT 1905 CST. DURING ARRIVAL, HE WAS INSTRUCTEDTO REMAIN AT 4500 FT UNTIL CROSSING THE RICH MOUNTAIN VOR, THEN WAS CLEARED FOR THE VOR/DME RWY 36 APCH. DURING THE, APCH, THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH RISING TERRAIN AT ABOUT 2550 FT, APRX 2 MI NORTH OF THE VOR. THE MIN STEP-DOWN ALT WAS 4000 FT UNTIL 8 MI NORTH OF THE VOR, THEN THE MIN ALT WAS 2400 FT UNTIL CROSSING THE FINAL APCH FIX, 15 MI NORTH OF THE VOR. NO PREIMPACT MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND EXCEPT FOR THE INOPERATIVE DME.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N310JD](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310JD-1984-06-05), registration cancelled 1984-06-05, S/N 310K0154 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Registry model: [Cessna 310K](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (registry code 2074228) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310K0154
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-VO 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Marvin H. Hornback
- Registered owner: Jack E. Dominik
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, July 1, 1983
- Departed: HUT, HUTCHINSON, KS
- Destination: RUR, POTEAU, OK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: RKR, Robert S. Kerr, runway 36, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 35; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 527 total

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 70° at 7 knots
- Visibility: 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 300 ft broken
- Temperature: 45 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Observed at: FSM, 43 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 19831203074189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831203074189A), Dec 3, 1983: Cessna 310K, Hodgen, OK, Destroyed. Aircraft crashed during instrument approach to runway 36 at Robert S Kerr Airport. DME was not working.

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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