# NTSB LAX69A0058: Cessna 310N, N4111Q, Upland, CA, April 12, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: April 12, 1969
- Place: Upland, CA · UPLAND, CA
- Location: 34.1161° N, 117.6599° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Upland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1161&lon=-117.6599&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 5 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 26, 1970
- Safety recommendations: Yes
- NTSB case key (mKey): 79574
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX69A0058
- Board report AAR7013 (PDF): https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7013.pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX69A0058

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3000  69/4/12  NR.UPLAND,CALIF       CESSNA 310N         CR-  2  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1255                    N4111Q              PX-  3  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 58, 8881 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX           RIVERSIDE,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: FAILURE TO PROPERLY IDENTIFY AIRCRAFT ON RADAR
           PERSONNEL - TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL: OTHER
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- N4111Q RADAR VECTORED BLO TERRAIN CLNC LVL FOLLOWING TARGET MISIDENTIFICATION BY FAA CONTROLLER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4111Q](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4111Q-2017-11-18), registration cancelled 2017-11-18, S/N 310N-0011, built 1967 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Registry model: [Cessna 310N](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (registry code 2074234) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (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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