# NTSB MIA83FA054: Cessna 310R, N4055C, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, December 30, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: December 30, 1982, 17:17 local (22:17 UTC)
- Place: Ft. Lauderdale, FL
- Coordinates: 26.090375, -80.179252 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.0904&lon=-80.1793&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report December 30, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70779
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83FA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70779/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA054

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, takeoff
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHILE THE PILOT WAS APPARENTLY ATTEMPTING TO RETURN TO LAND AFTER TAKEOFF. NO RADIO CALLS WERE MADE, BUT LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN LOWERED. HIGH SPEED AND EXCESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT ARE NOT CONSISTANT WITH A NORMAL OR EVEN EMERGENCY ATTEMPT TO LAND BY A QUALIFIED PILOT. NO MALFUNCTIONS OR DISCREPANIES COULD BE FOUND TO EXPLAIN THE ABNORMAL FLIGHT PATTERN.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4055C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4055C-2013-06-18), registration cancelled 2013-06-18, S/N 310R1359, built 1978 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Registry model: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R1359
- Airframe hours: 1256
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-M 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Skytel Aviaton, Inc.
- Registered owner: C. William Berger & Associates
- Departed: FXE, FT. LAUDERDALE, FL
- Destination: POMPANO BEACH, FL
- Airport: FXE, Ft. Lauderdale Executive, runway 13, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 29; airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 2,185 total, 140 in this make and model, 2,040 as pilot in command, 109 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 174 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: FXE

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19821230070049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821230070049A), Dec 30, 1982: Cessna 310R, Ft Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed. Aircraft climbed to 300 or 400 feet and then descended in left turn until it crashed. No malfunction found.

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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