# NTSB MKC84FA116: Cessna 310I, N8156M, Fayetteville, AR, April 4, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1984, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Fayetteville, AR
- Coordinates: 36.069797, -94.149566 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0698&lon=-94.1496&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33524
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC84FA116
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33524/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC84FA116

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - rain (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - below approach/landing minimums (contributing factor)
  - became lost/disoriented - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - navigation receiver - not selected, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, approach
  - missed approach - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - terrain condition - mountainous/hilly (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - rising (contributing factor)

## Analysis

WHEN THE PLT RECEIVED A WX BRIEFING AT 1012 CST, HE WAS ADVISED THAT THE WX AT HIS DESTINATION (FAYETTEVILLE, AR) WAS AN ESTIMATED 600' OVERCAST, VIS 4 MI WITH LIGHT DRIZZLE & FOG, BUT THE WX WAS FORCAST TO BEGIN TO IMPROVE IN ABOUT 1 HR.HE TOOK OFF & DURING ARRIVAL AT 1123, THE PLT WAS ADVISED THAT 2 PREVIOUS ACFT HAD MADE MISSED APPROACHES. AT 1139:17, HE WAS CLEARED FOR AN ILS APCH & INSTRUCTED TO REPORT OVER THE OUTER MARKER (OM). AT 1141:08, THE PLT REPORTED DEPARTINGTHE ELMIE INTERSECTION, 6.9 MI FROM THE OM. AT 1145:21, THE TOWER CLEARED THE ACFT TO LAND & REMINDED THE PLT TO REPORT AT THE OM. THE PLT RESPONDED, 'WAITING FOR IT.' ABOUT 30 SEC LATER, TOWER ASKED THE PLT TO REPORT IS POSITION, BUT THEREWAS NO REPLY. LATER, THE ACFT WAS FOUND WERE IT HAD CRASHED ON RISING TERRAIN (ELEV 1960') ALONG THE EXTENDED CENTERLINEOF RWY 16, ABOUT 7 MI SSE OF THE ARPT. THE MDA FOR THE APCH WAS 1800' (549' AGL). THE MARKER BEACON SW WAS FOUND IN THE OFF POSITION & THE GEAR & FLAPS WERE EXTENDED. THE ARPT ELEV WAS 1251' & ITS WX WAS: 500' OVC, 3 MI VIS, DRIZZLE, FOG.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8156M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8156M-1984-04-04), registration cancelled 1984-04-04, S/N 310I0156, built 1964 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Registry model: [Cessna 310I](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (registry code 2074224) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310I0156
- Airframe hours: 4221
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-U 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Twt Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 14, 1984
- Departed: LIT, LITTLE ROCK, AR
- Destination: FYV, FAYETTEVILLE, AR
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: FYV, Drake Field, runway 16, 6,006 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; flight instructor, commercial, military; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 5,007 total, 77 in this make and model, 3,543 as pilot in command, 37 in the last 90 days, 13 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: 290° at 10 knots, gusting 17
- Visibility: 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 500 ft overcast
- Temperature: 39 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: FYV, 7 nm away

## 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 19840404008379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840404008379A), Apr 4, 1984: Cessna 310I, Fayetteville, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Too low on a IFR approach struck rising terrain on a ridge. Radios not properly tuned. Others had missed approach.

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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