Cessna 310K accident near Wichita Falls, TX
On March 4, 1994, a Cessna 310K (airplane) was involved in an accident near Wichita Falls, TX. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- March 4, 1994
- Place
- Wichita Falls, TX
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310K · Airplane
- Injuries
- 4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.890°N, 98.509°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X00891
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On March 3, 1994, at 2055 central standard time, a Cessna 310K, N474AR, was destroyed following a loss of control near Wichita Falls, Texas. The commercial pilot and his three passengers were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight. The airplane departed the Addison Airport, near Dallas, Texas, at 2003 on an IFR flight plan to the Centennial Airport, near Denver, Colorado. At 2029, while in cruise flight at 8,000 feet, the pilot was advised by ATC that they were not receiving his transponder. The pilot replied that they would recycle the transponder. Two minutes later, ATC advised the pilot that they were still not receiving the transponder, and the pilot replied that they were experiencing electrical problems, the lights were dimming out, and "just bear with us, it's a rental airplane." Radio communications were lost at 2034, when the airplane was reported crossing the Bridgeport VOR 039 degree radial, at 34 nautical miles (NM). Fort Worth Center lost radar contact with the airplane at 2040, when the airplane was 33 NM east of Wichita Falls, Texas. Sheppard Air Force Base (AFB) Approach was contacted by Fort Worth Center and advised that N474AR was approaching Wichita Falls; however, they were never able to establish contact with the airplane. The airplane was located by search and rescue personnel at 0230 the next morning in an open pasture, approximately 2.8 NM east of the Sheppard AFB/Wichita Falls Municipal Airport. During the last few miles of the flight, the airplane was headed west over sparsely populated
Probable cause
WAS THE LOSS OF CONTROL DUE TO THE PILOT'S SPATIAL DISORIENTATION FOLLOWING A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE. FACTORS WERE THE DARK NIGHT AND THE ELECTRICAL FAILURE AS RESULT OF BURNED OUT WIRING TERMINAL.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
