Cessna T310R accident near Flagstaff, AZ
On December 8, 2004, a Cessna T310R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Flagstaff, AZ. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- December 8, 2004
- Place
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Aircraft
- Cessna T310R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 35.107°N, 111.681°W
- NTSB ID
- 20041217X02005
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On December 7, 2004, about 1955 mountain standard time, a Cessna T310R, N592DM, impacted an embankment adjacent to Interstate 17, about 2 miles south of the Flagstaff, Arizona, airport. The airplane had just departed the airport and was in the takeoff initial climb phase. Distribution Management Corporation, Inc., d.b.a. Aero Charter and Transport, Albuquerque, New Mexico, operated the airplane as an on-demand charter flight carrying bank and medical cargo under the provisions of 14 CFR Part 135. The airplane was destroyed. The commercial pilot, the sole occupant, sustained fatal injuries. The cross-country flight departed Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, airport at 1736, en route to Flagstaff, and the flight was scheduled to continue on to Phoenix. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed and an instrument clearance received for the flight. The wreckage was at 35 degrees 06.480 minutes north latitude and 111 degrees 40.877 minutes west longitude. The airplane was not equipped for, nor certified to conduct, flight into known icing conditions. The operator indicated that the airplane had been chartered to haul bank material, and, blood and specimen samples for local hospitals. The operator further stated that the airplane's scheduled route of flight was from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX), to Payson Airport (PAN), Page Municipal Airport (PGA), Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, and Payson with a return to Phoenix. The flight would have departed Phoenix that day about 0700, and
Probable cause
The pilot's decision to attempt flight into known adverse weather conditions beyond the capability of the airplane and his failure to ensure that the airplane's wings were free of ice and/or snow contamination that accumulated while the airplane was on the ground, which resulted in an attempted takeoff with upper wing contamination that induced a subsequent stall/mush and a collision with the grou
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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.
