- Date
- November 10, 1974
- Place
- Charleston, SC · CHARLESTON, SC
- Injuries
- 3 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5985MCessna 310Q
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19741110041499A
- Case key
- 144489
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3940 74/11/10 CHARLESTON,SC CESSNA 310Q CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1914 N5985M PX- 2 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 22, 700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 71 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHARLESTON MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHARLESTON,SC COLUMBIA,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SPATIAL DISORIENTATION PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INSTRUMENTS-MISREAD OR FAILED TO READ FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT OBSVD TO LOSE ALT AFTR R TURN.DARK NIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5985M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Charleston Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.