Cessna 310 accident near Peebles, OH

On December 30, 2024, a Cessna 310 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Peebles, OH. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.

Date
December 30, 2024
Place
Peebles, OH
Aircraft
Cessna 310 · Airplane
Injuries
1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
Damage
Substantial
Position
38.995°N, 83.427°W
NTSB ID
20241230199492

NTSB summary

On December 30, 2024, about 1515 eastern standard time, a Cessna 310D, N6979T, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Peebles, Ohio. The commercial pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 ferry flight. According to the owner of the airplane, the purpose of the flight was to ferry the airplane, which he purchased in October, from Branch County Memorial Airport (OEB), Coldwater, Michigan to Alexander Salamon Airport (AMT), West Union, Ohio. The owner stated that the airplane did not have a current annual inspection, and that a ferry flight had been issued for the flight. The owner commented that, prior to the flight, he had accomplished maintenance to the airplane and that the accident pilot was supposed to have taken the airplane around the airport traffic pattern prior to the ferry flight. The owner also commented that the accident pilot elected to fly the ferry flight with the landing gear down. Prior to the accident flight, a fueler at OEB added fuel to the airplane in the presence of the pilot. According the fueler, the airplane received a total of 57.5 gallons of 100LL aviation fuel. When asked about the airplane’s total fuel quantity at the conclusion of the fueling, he described that the airplane had “some” fuel in it, but he was unsure of a specific quantity. When asked to describe how much fuel he added to each of the different fuel tanks, he stated that he started at the left main (wingtip) fuel tank and that he added approximately 17 gallons of fuel. He then commented that t

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