Cessna 310 N5045Q

Summary

On 24 June 2025 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N5045Q was involved in an accident near Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause has been published yet; this accident is still under investigation.

Date

24 June 2025 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Fayetteville, Tennessee, United States

Nearest airport

Fayetteville Muni (FYM)

Coordinates

35.0540, -86.5653

Aircraft

Cessna 310

Registration

N5045Q

Category

Airplane

Year built

1968

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Sewanee

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA25LA238

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. The investigation is still open; a final report usually follows one to two years after the accident.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

On June 24, 2025, about 12:30 central daylight time, a Cessna 310N, N5045Q, was substantially damaged when it was involved in an accident near Fayetteville, Tennessee. The commercial pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 positioning flight. The pilot reported that, during an engine, run-up the right engine experienced a drop of about 250 rpm during the magneto check but returned to 1,800 rpm when the magneto switch was placed in the both position. After rotation the pilot reported the airplane “seemed very sluggish.” He attempted to adjust the mixture but upon enriching the mixture both engines lost power. The pilot lowered the nose and attempted to land on the remaining runway but touched down to the left of the runway, hard, which resulted in the landing gear separating. The airplane’s right wing and fuselage were substantially damaged during the accident sequence. The pilot reported that the airplane had about 70 gallons of 100LL aviation fuel aboard. The airplane was retained for further examination.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.