- Date
- September 26, 1992, 00:52 local (05:52 UTC)
- Place
- Idabel, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious, 2 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N616CACessna 310R
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report June 21, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920926038869A
- Case key
- 18375
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Probable cause
The pilot's descent below the minimum descent altitude. Factors were the pilot's improper IFR procedure, low ceiling, and dark night conditions.
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
The pilot accepted a clearance to fly the NDB rwy 17 approach to the uncontrolled airport without altimeter information. This made the mda 1,300 feet. The weather reported to the pilot was 800 feet overcast and visibility 2 miles at a facility 48 miles away. Weather at the airport was 200 feet overcast and 2 miles visibility. The light condition was dark night with fog and haze. The airport manager attempted to contact the pilot by radio when he heard the airplane pass over the NDB, but was unable. The pilot descended below the minimum descent altitude and impacted into trees and the little river about 7 miles nnw of the airport. No mechanical anomalies were noted during the post accident examination of the airplane and its systems. About 8 hours after the accident a 13 year old passenger swam ashore and was later located approximately 1.5 miles from the site. At about the same time rescuers found the wreckage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N616CA
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0214
- Airframe hours
- 5,666
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-M(1), 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Mor Tar Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mor Tar Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1992 · 50 hours before
- Departed
- CDH · Camden, AR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- F62 · Idabel, runway 17, 4,011 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,497 total · 185 in this make and model · 1,283 as pilot in command · 63 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 66 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.