Cessna 310R accident near Titusville, FL
On August 26, 2015, a Cessna 310R (airplane) was involved in an accident near Titusville, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 26, 2015
- Place
- Titusville, FL
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310R · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 28.525°N, 80.762°W
- NTSB ID
- 20150826X31747
Official records · ERA15FA325
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Air Traffic Control Group Chairman Factual Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
***This report was modified on December 13, 2016. Please see the docket for this accident to view the original report.*** HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 26, 2015, about 1620 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 310R, N90PS, was destroyed when it impacted water during a missed approach at Space Coast Regional Airport (TIX), Titusville, Florida. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to Gibbs Rentals Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, and privately operated as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan was filed for the planned flight to TIX. The flight originated from Orlando Executive Airport (ORL), Orlando, Florida, at 1556. Review of radar data obtained from the Federal Aviation Administration revealed that the airplane departed from ORL at 1556. The Orlando Terminal radar departure sector air traffic controller instructed him to climb to 3,000 feet, and the pilot acknowledged the instruction. The controller then advised the pilot of an area of heavy precipitation near TIX. The controller then instructed the pilot to turn left to a heading of 220 degrees. At 1558, the controller instructed the pilot to turn left to a heading of 110 degrees and climb to 4,000 ft. One minute later, the controller instructed the pilot to descend to 3,000 feet. The pilot acknowledged and complied with all of the instructions. At 1603:31, communications with the pilot were transferred to an Orlando terminal radar approach controller, who in
Probable cause
The pilot's continued flight into known convective weather conditions, which resulted in the airplane's encounter with thunderstorms and the pilot's subsequent loss of airplane control during a missed approach. Contributing to the accident was the failure of the approach controllers and the tower controllers to provide timely and accurate weather information to the pilot.
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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.
