Accident · 1992-04-26

NTSB case ATL92FA091 · CESSNA 310R · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-04-26
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: CESSNA 310R (N3221M)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: CFF AIR, INC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CFF AIR, INC.

Probable cause

THE PILOT'S CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO IMC, AND HIS FAILURE TO ATTAIN A PROPER ALTITUDE OVER HIGH, MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. FACTORS WERE THE HIGH TERRAIN, AND THE FOG, CLOUDS, AND OBSCURATION AT THE ACCIDENT SITE.

Source: NTSB case ATL92FA091

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

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