Cessna 310 N5462J

Summary

On 31 December 1986 at about 13:45 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N5462J, operated by Buffalo Express Airlines, was involved in an accident near Hamburg, New York, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

31 December 1986 at 13:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Hamburg, New York, United States

Coordinates

42.7201, -78.8300

Aircraft

Cessna 310

Registration

N5462J

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Buffalo Express Airlines

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Jamestown → Lockport

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC87FAMS1

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 CESSNA 310R DEPARTED THE AIRPORT ON A SVFR DEPARTURE. THE PILOT CANCELLED HIS CLEARANCE A FEW MINUTES LATER AND REPORTED IN VFR CONDITIONS. THE AIRCRAFT FAILED TO ARRIVE AT ITS DESTINATION. RADAR TRACKING SHOWED THE AIRCRAFT HEADING TOWARD LAKE ERIE. THE NEXT DAY SOME DEBRIS WAS FOUND ON THE LAKE SURFACE. THEY INCLUDED AN OIL SLICK, A SMALL PIECE OF ALUMINUM LATER IDENTIFIED AS BEING PART OF A TIP TANK AND A CURTAIN. A FEW DAYS LATER A LARGER PIECE OF ALUMINUM IDENTIFIED AS THE TOP COWL OF A CESSNA 310 WAS FOUND ON THE CANADIAN SIDE OF LAKE ERIE. THE OPERATOR IDENTIFIED THE PARTS AS BEING PAINTED LAKE THE MISSING AIRCRAFT AND THE CURTAINS IDENTICAL TO THOSE IN THE AIRCRAFT. NO MAJOR WRECKAGE OR SERIALIZED COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN FOUND AND THE REASON FOR THE AIRCRAFT NOT ARRIVING AT ITS DESTINATION IS UNKNOWN.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.