Cessna 310 N5024J

Summary

On 22 February 1996 at about 08:20 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N5024J was involved in an accident near Portland, Indiana, United States. 2 people were on board and one died, one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

22 February 1996 at 08:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Portland, Indiana, United States

Nearest airport

Portland (PLD)

Coordinates

40.4305, -84.9807

Aircraft

Cessna 310

Registration

N5024J

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Wheeling → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI96FA095

1 person died.

the pilot's failure to maintain an altitude adequate for terrain clearance. A factor was the weather.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was attempting a second NDB/GPS Runway 9 approach to the Portland Airport. Visibility was estimated at 1/8 to 1/4 mile. The airplane came to rest approximately 1/2 mile south of the airport. The commercial rated passenger remembered getting below the minimum descent altitude of 1,500 feet, and told the pilot they needed to make a missed approach. The passenger remembered 1,120 feet MSL on the altimeter at the time of the first impact.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.