- Date
- April 10, 1983, 23:18 local (Apr 11, 1983, 05:18 UTC)
- Place
- Gulf Of Mexico
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87498Cessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830410018819A
- Case key
- 30869
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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 plt flew from mobile, al to pensacola, FL, where a passenger enplaned for a flt to columbus, MS. After the passenger disembarked at columbus, the plt took off on an IFR flt plan back to mobile at an altutude of 7000 ft. reportedly, the flt progressed normally until 2235 CST when memphis center provided instructions for the plt to contact houston center. There was no response from the plt & repeated attempts to establish contact were to no avail. The acft continued over the Gulf Of Mexico. At 2315 CST, the plane began descending from 7000 ft, and at 2318, radar contact was lost as the acft descended thru 3500 ft. later, personnel on an oil company vessel found a wing tip from the acft. The plt was presumed to have been fatally injured & the acft was presumed to have been destroyed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87498
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 05596
- Airframe hours
- 4,017
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aero-One, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- GTR · Columbus, MS
- Destination
- MOB · Mobile, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 2,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 240° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 57 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MOB
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.