Cessna 310 N128K

Summary

On 21 April 1986 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N128K, operated by Active Aero Charter, Inc., was involved in an accident near Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 April 1986 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lincoln, Rhode Island, United States

Nearest airport

North Central State Arpt (SFZ)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 310

Registration

N128K

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Active Aero Charter, Inc.

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ypsilanti → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FA112

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 AIR TAXI CARGO AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED MANEUVERING OVER THE AIRPORT IN IMC CONDITIONS FOR A VFR APPROACH TO LAND. WITNESSES DESCRIBED AN ABRUPT TURN TO REVERSE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT FOLLOWED BY A NOSE DIVE INTO THE GROUND. THE PILOT, AGE 22, HAD ACCUMMULATED A TOTAL FLIGHT EXPERIENCE OF 4,300 HOURS AND A TYPE RATING IN A LEAR JET. PILOT WAS HIRED 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND WAS OPERATING ON A TEMPORARY AIRMAN CERTIFICATE. THE PILOT'S CERTIFICATE HAD BEEN SUBJECT TO AN EMERGENCY REVOCATION IN AUGUST OF THE PREVIOUS YEAR. ENFORCEMENT ACTION WAS LESSENED TO SUSPENSION OF AIRMAN PRIVILAGES.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.