Cessna 310Q N5527K

Summary

On 4 June 1987 at about 01:17 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N5527K was involved in an accident near Montgomery, New York, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

4 June 1987 at 01:17

Classification

Accident

Location

Montgomery, New York, United States

Nearest airport

Orange County

Coordinates

41.5207, -74.2306

Aircraft

Cessna 310Q

Registration

N5527K

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → West Mifflin

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

NYC87FA170

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

N5527K CRASHED ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTH OF THE ORANGE CNTY AIRPORT SHORTLY AFTER A NIGHT TKOF FM RUNWAY 21. DEPARTURE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE IFR FLT INCLUDED A RIGHT TURN OF 130 DEGREES, TO 340 DEGREES MAGNETIC TO INTERCEPT V-58 AND CLIMB TO 5000 FT. THE PLT CONTACTED BOSTON ARTCC, APPARENTLY AFTER TKOF. WHEN ASKED IF HE WAS AIRBORNE THE RESPONSE FM THE PLTWAS GARBLED. THERE WERE NO FURTHER RADIO TRANSMISSIONS AND RADAR CONTACT WAS NOT ESTABLISHED. WITNESSES RPTD HEARING A LOW FLYING ACFT BUT DID NOT SEE IT. THEY RPTD MISTY/FOGGY WEATHER CONDITIONS. A PARTIAL OBSCURATION WITH A CEILING OF 1000 FT OVCST, 4 MILES VISIBILITY, FOG AND HAZE WAS RPTD 7 MILES EAST OF THE ACDT SITE. THE ACFT IMPACTED IN A STEEP DESCENT. DESTRUCTION OF THE ACFT PRECLUDED DETAILED SYSTEMS DOCUMENTATION. ENGINE TEARDOWNS DID NOT REVEAL EVIDENCE OF MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE. TREE LIMBS OVER CRASH SITE WERE BROWN-STAINED AS IF BY FUEL.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.