- Date
- December 14, 1983, 04:08 local (09:08 UTC)
- Place
- Buffalo, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N87291Cessna 310R
- Weather
- Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831214060639A
- Case key
- 35305
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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 acft collided with lake erie during ILS approach to rwy 05 at Buffalo, NY. The acft had been descended to 3000 ft and the plt reported turning inbound from dunkirk VOR to the ILS. He was cleared for the approach and told to report the outer marker to which he acknowledged. About one minute later the plt requested the surface winds and after receiving them acknowledged with an 'ok'. There were no further transmissions. Attempts to re-establish communications were unsuccessful. The last recorded radar data on the acft at 0408:42 showed the acft at an altitude of 2500 ft on a heading of 55 degrees at 154 KTS and about 13 miles from the airport. Some wreckage associated with the acft was located by the coast guard about 2 hours later at 12 miles from the arpt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87291
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0504
- Airframe hours
- 3,583
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-M, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Unknown
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Air Central, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · October 18, 1983 · 96 hours before
- Departed
- Windsor Locks, CT
- Destination
- BUF · Buffalo, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- BUF · Buffalo Int'L, runway 5, 8,100 × 150 ft
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
- 28
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,000 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Night/dark
- Wind
- 350° at 6 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.