- Date
- June 3, 1987, 21:17 local (Jun 4, 1987, 01:17 UTC)
- Place
- Montgomery, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N5527KCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 30500
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
N5527K crashed about 2 miles south of the orange cnty airport shortly after a night tkof fm runway 21. Departure instructions for the IFR flt included a right turn of 130 degrees, to 340 degrees magnetic to intercept V-58 and climb to 5000 ft. the plt contacted boston ARTCC, apparently after tkof. When asked if he was airborne the response fm the pltwas garbled. There were no further radio transmissions and radar contact was not established. Witnesses rptd hearing a low flying acft but did not see it. They rptd misty/foggy weather conditions. A partial obscuration with a ceiling of 1000 ft ovcst, 4 miles visibility, fog and haze was rptd 7 miles east of the acdt site. The acft impacted in a steep descent. Destruction of the acft precluded detailed systems documentation. Engine teardowns did not reveal evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure. Tree limbs over crash site were brown-stained as if by fuel.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5527K
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31001136
- Airframe hours
- 3,405
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-DCE, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- R. M. Keddal & Associates, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 5, 1987
- Destination
- AGC · West Mifflin, PA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Orange County, runway 21, 5,000 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 170° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SWF, 7 nm away