Cessna 310H accident near Silverton, CO

On September 5, 2015, a Cessna 310H (airplane) was involved in an accident near Silverton, CO. 4 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.

Date

September 5, 2015

Place

Silverton, CO

Aircraft

Cessna 310H · Airplane

Injuries

4 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor

Damage

Destroyed

Position

37.762°N, 107.846°W

NTSB ID

20150908X84919

Official records · CEN15FA400

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

Air traffic control records

• Transcript of ATC Rerecording: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• FLG ATC Communications with N1099Q Inbound: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• FLG Air Traffic Mandatory Occurrence Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
• FLG ATC Communications with N1099Q Taxi and Outbound: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov

NTSB summary

HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn September 5, 2015, about 1408 mountain daylight time a Cessna 310H, N1099Q, impacted mountainous terrain near Silverton, Colorado. The private pilot, a pilot-rated passenger, and two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot as a 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 a personal flight. Instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan had been filed. The pilot was not using air traffic control (ATC) services. The flight departed from Flagstaff Pulliam Airport (FLG), Flagstaff, Arizona, about 1150 and was destined for Tradewind Airport (TDW), Amarillo, Texas. A fuel receipt from the Big Bear City Airport (L35), Big Bear, California, showed that 20.04 gallons of fuel was purchased for the airplane on September 4, 2015. The pilot's daughter stated that the airplane was kept at L35 during the summer and afterward at Barstow-Daggett Airport (DAG), Daggett, California. She said that her father departed from L35 on September 5, 2015, about 0615 PDT, and arrived at DAG about 0630 PDT to pick up the passengers. He was then going to fly to Amarillo, Texas, following Interstate 40, where they were going to have dinner and then return the same day. She said that her father did not call her after he refueled and departed Flagstaff and that she called for help on September 6 because she had not heard from him. She said that there was another pilot aboard and that they had a GPS. She said that her father did not know anyone in

Probable cause

The noninstrument-rated pilot's improper judgment and his failure to maintain situational awareness, which resulted in the flight's encounter with instrument meteorological conditions and controlled flight into terrain during cruise flight.

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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.