Cessna 310R accident near Waterford, MI

On January 11, 2014, a Cessna 310R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Waterford, MI. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

January 11, 2014

Place

Waterford, MI

Aircraft

Cessna 310R · Airplane

Injuries

1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

42.664°N, 83.443°W

NTSB ID

20140112X00750

Official records · CEN14FA110

• Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation

Air traffic control records

• NTSB Air Traffic Control Factual Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• FAA Air Traffic Control Accident Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn January 10, 2014, about 1948 eastern standard time, a Cessna 310R, N3829G, impacted trees and terrain about 1,500 feet west of the approach end of runway 9R (6,521 feet by 150 feet, asphalt) at Oakland County International Airport (PTK), Pontiac, Michigan, during a straight-in instrument landing system (ILS) approach to runway 9R. Night instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time of the accident. The commercial pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post impact fire. The airplane was registered to and operated by Royal Air Freight, Inc. as flight RAX907 under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The positioning flight was operating on an instrument rules flight plan and departed from Fulton County Airport-Brown Field (FTY), Atlanta, Georgia, about 1701, and was destined to PTK. During an interview with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Investigator-In-Charge (IIC), the pilot's wife stated that on the afternoon of January 6, 2014, her husband received a phone call from Royal Air Freight, Inc. to fly a flight to either Fargo, North Dakota or Atlanta, Georgia. After his departure for the trip on January 6, 2014, she had not seen him, and they communicated solely by text messages since that time. He was to return via a flight to Ohio. She said that a January 8, 2014 text message from her husband said that Royal Air Freight, Inc. dispatch told him to get a hotel room. A January 9, 2014 text message stated that he was to fly from Ohio to Minneapolis and that he w

Probable cause

The pilot's controlled flight into terrain during an instrument landing system approach at night in instrument flight rules conditions. Contributing to the accident were the operator's inadequate training of the pilot, the operator's failure to provide a level of oversight commensurate to the pilot's experience, and the pilot's lack of operational experience in actual night instrument conditions i

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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.