Cessna 310R accident near Paeonian Spring, VA
On November 24, 2004, a Cessna 310R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Paeonian Spring, VA. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- November 24, 2004
- Place
- Paeonian Spring, VA
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 39.167°N, 77.600°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041210X01968
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On November 24, 2004, at 1204 eastern standard time, a Cessna 310R, N310DM, was substantially damaged when it impacted trees and terrain near Paeonian Springs, Virginia while executing an instrument approach to the Leesburg Executive Airport (JYO), Leesburg, Virginia. The certificated commercial pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the flight that originated from the Wilmington International Airport (ILM), Wilmington, North Carolina. The personal flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. According to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control transcripts, at 1104, the pilot was provided weather for his destination. At 1106:12, the pilot was provided a heading to maintain until receiving the Casanova VORTAC. After the VORTAC, the pilot was to then fly direct to the Leesburg airport. About one minute later, the air traffic controller re-iterated the assigned heading to the pilot, and asked him if he was on that heading. The pilot replied, "we're returning to it something knocked off the ah autopilot there we got out of control for a few seconds." At 1129:28, the pilot was asked which approach he preferred at Leesburg, which he replied, "the localizer approach." At 1143:51, the controller instructed the pilot to proceed direct to the STILL intersection, which he replied, "ah direct still three ten delta mike tell me where still is." The controller replied that the intersection was on the localizer, and subsequently assigned the p
Probable cause
The pilot's failure to follow the published instrument approach procedure, which resulted in an in-flight collision with terrain. A factor related to the accident was the low cloud ceiling.
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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.
