Accident · 2001-07-17

NTSB case CHI01FA218 · Cessna 310R · Part 135

What the record says

Event date: 2001-07-17
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Fatal injury
Aircraft: Cessna 310R (N1448Z)
Operating rule: Part 135
Operator: Heartland Aviation, LLC. Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): HEARTLAND AVIATION INC

Probable cause

The pilot not maintaining clearance from objects during an ILS approach in low night IFR conditions and his descent below decision height. Factors were the dark night, mist, low ceiling, and the trees west of the approach.

Source: NTSB case CHI01FA218

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.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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