- Date
- March 9, 1979
- Place
- Palm Island, FL · PALM ISLAND, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8049MCessna 310I
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790309007899A
- Case key
- 136315
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3772 79/3/9 PALM ISLAND,FL CESSNA 310I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, TIME - 1750 N8049M PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OPA LACKA,FL TAMIAMI,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER REMARKS- ACFT HIT TREE DRG 2ND LOW PASS FOR PHOTOS NR PAX'S HOME.DRG PASS,PAX PUSHED PLT FWD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8049M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N8049MRegistration cancelled Nov 19, 2014 · Cessna 310IAirframe modelCessna 310IEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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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.