# NTSB NYC84FA163: Cessna 310K, N6907L, New Cumberland, PA, May 8, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 7, 1984, 20:12 local (May 8, 1984, 00:12 UTC)
- Place: New Cumberland, PA
- Coordinates: 40.230693, -76.86901 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2307&lon=-76.8690&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC84FA163
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35340/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC84FA163

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, approach - faf/outer marker to threshold (ifr)
  - weather condition - fog (contributing factor)
  - ifr procedure - not followed, pilot in command (cause)
  - underconfidence in personal ability, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - brittle fracture (contributing factor)
  - proper descent rate - exceeded, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - low ceiling (contributing factor)
  - proper glidepath - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - lack of total instrument time, pilot in command (cause)
  - light condition - dark night (contributing factor)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - residence (contributing factor)
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - object - wire,transmission (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT DEPARTED VFR WITHOUT A FORMAL WX BRIEFING OR FILING A FLT PLAN. THE WX AT DEST WAS VFR WHEN THE PLT DEPARTED. THE FORECAST INDICATED THAT CEILINGS WOULD LOWER. THE WX DID, IN FACT, DETERIORATE WHILE THE FLT WAS ENROUTE AND THE PLT OBTAINED AN IFR CLEARANCE. ATC NOTED THE PLT MAKING ERRATIC RIGHT & LEFT TURNS AND QUERIED THE PLT WHO RESPONDED THEAT 'EVERYTHING WAS FINE'. LATER, THE PLT WAS OBSERVED BY CONTROLLERS ON THE APPRCH HAVING DIFFICULTY NAVIGATION. AGAIN THE PLT WAS QUESTIONED, BUT HE ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE APPRCH. THE PLT WAS ADVISED BY THE CONTROLLER AS THE OM WAS PASSED. THE PLT ACKNOWLEGD AND THERE WAS NO DISTRESS CALL. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED BY GROUND WITNESSES BELOW THE OVERCAST SKIES PRIOR TO CRASHING 1.1 MILES INSIDE THE OM. THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TRESS, WIRES AND A RESIDENCE. THE ACFT & RESIDENCE WERE DESTROYED BY THE IMPACT & FIRE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N6907L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310K-0007
- Airframe hours: 3959
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470V0 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Fire: On-Ground
- Flight: Positioning, Part 91
- Registered owner: Cannavo Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 2, 1984, 1 hours before
- Departed: PHL, PHILADELPHIA, PA
- Destination: MDT, MIDDLETOWN, PA
- Flight plan: IFR

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; toxicology performed; flight hours: 1,410 total, 148 in this make and model, 1,314 as pilot in command, 239 in the last 90 days, 63 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Night/dark
- Wind: 100° at 3 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 200 ft
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: CXY, 1 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 19840507024689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840507024689A), May 7, 1984: Cessna 310K, New Cumberland, PA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. ATC indicated erratic tracking before aircraft descended into trees, wires and house inside outer marker.

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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