Cessna 310R N87498

Summary

On 11 April 1983 at about 05:18 local time, a Cessna 310R registered N87498 was involved in an accident near Gulf of Mexico. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 April 1983 at 05:18

Classification

Accident

Location

Gulf of Mexico

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 310R

Registration

N87498

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Columbus → Mobile

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Bright

NTSB number

MIA83LA114

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT FLEW FROM MOBILE, AL TO PENSACOLA, FL, WHERE A PASSENGER ENPLANED FOR A FLT TO COLUMBUS, MS. AFTER THE PASSENGER DISEMBARKED AT COLUMBUS, THE PLT TOOK OFF ON AN IFR FLT PLAN BACK TO MOBILE AT AN ALTUTUDE OF 7000 FT. REPORTEDLY, THE FLT PROGRESSED NORMALLY UNTIL 2235 CST WHEN MEMPHIS CENTER PROVIDED INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PLT TO CONTACT HOUSTON CENTER. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE PLT & REPEATED ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH CONTACT WERE TO NO AVAIL. THE ACFT CONTINUED OVER THE GULF OF MEXICO. AT 2315 CST, THE PLANE BEGAN DESCENDING FROM 7000 FT, AND AT 2318, RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST AS THE ACFT DESCENDED THRU 3500 FT. LATER, PERSONNEL ON AN OIL COMPANY VESSEL FOUND A WING TIP FROM THE ACFT. THE PLT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN FATALLY INJURED & THE ACFT WAS PRESUMED TO HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.