Cessna T310R N467DL

Summary

On 26 April 1998 at about 23:30 local time, a Cessna T310R registered N467DL was involved in an accident near Pie Town, New Mexico, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

26 April 1998 at 23:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Pie Town, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

34.3292, -108.2806

Aircraft

Cessna T310R

Registration

N467DL

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Carson City → Las Cruces

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW98FA393

1 person died.

The pilot's continuing VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions. Contributing factors were weather conditions, that included clouds, and mountainous terrain.

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Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane departed Carson City, Nevada, on April 26, 1998, and was en route to Las Cruces, New Mexico. Radar data indicates it flew at 13,500 feet msl at an average ground speed of 185 knots throughout most of the flight. As the airplane approached the Arizona-New Mexico border, it descended at an average rate of 669 feet per minute and 209 knots ground speed. The last radar contact was at a point 13 west of Springerville, Arizona, when the airplane was at 10,500 feet msl. On September 13, 1998, the wreckage was located at the 8,700 foot level of the Sawtooth Mountains, about 2.5 miles east of Pie Town, New Mexico, and 75 miles east of the last point of radar contact. Witness marks provided evidence that the aircraft collided with vertical terrain in a wings level attitude. On the day of the accident, convective activity was forecast, and satellite photos showed extensive cloud cover in the area.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.