- Date
- February 10, 1982, 17:18 local (22:18 UTC)
- Place
- Lake Wales, FL
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5207JCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 10, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820210004189A
- Case key
- 71336
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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 flt encountered bad wx over the Lake Wales arpt. The plt put the gear down & was maneuvering for an approach. The pax stated that acft then crashed. The fuel tanks had approximately one pint of fuel remaining.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5207J
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0999
- Airframe hours
- 666
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-M, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Campats, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Campats, Inc.
- Departed
- Okeechobee, FL
- Destination
- Ocala, FL
- Airport
- Lake Wales, runway 6, 4,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 58
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Temperature
- 147 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.