- Date
- September 21, 1988, 05:00 local (10:00 UTC)
- Place
- Latimer, IA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N36HDCessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880921039519A
- Case key
- 34505
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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 pilot had completed his normal flight schedule and was assigned an additional trip from des moines, Iowa to st paul, Minnesota. Calculations show that the pilot had flown an estimated 5 hours in the 8 1/2 hours preceding the accident. The line attendant at st. paul stated that the pilot appeared tired upon arrival. The impact angle at the accident site suggested an uncontrolled descent to the gnd.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36HD
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1344
- Airframe hours
- 6,497
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-ML, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Positioning · Part 91
- Operator
- New Creations Inc., doing business as Pdq, U.S. Checks
- Registered owner
- Echo Partnership
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 19, 1988 · 7 hours before
- Departed
- STP · St Paul, MN
- Destination
- DSM · Des Moines, IA
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 600 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 75 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCW, 51 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.