Cessna 310R accident near Miles City, Montana, December 2, 1982
On December 2, 1982 at about 3:45 am local time, a Cessna 310R, registered N30RA, was substantially damaged in an accident near Miles City, Montana (Miles City Municipal airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135). No one was hurt; 5 people were on board or involved. The weather was instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- December 2, 1982 · about 3:45 am local time
- Place
- Miles City, Montana · Miles City Municipal · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 5 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- instrument conditions (cloud, fog or low visibility)
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310R · all 310Rs on the register
- Registration
- N30RA · no longer on the register · serial 310R0079
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · charter and air-taxi rules (Part 135)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
AFTER EXECUTING A MISSED APPROACH TO RWY 22 THE ACFT BEGAN ACCUMULATING RIME ICE. AN APPROACH WAS MADE TO RWY 4. THE ACFT HAD ACCUMULATED ABOUT 1/4 IN ICE, & DURING THE FLARE THE ACFT SHUDDERED & STALLED ONTO THE RWY.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: airline transport pilot, flight instructor
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instrument: airplane
- Flight time: 2,450 hours in all; 510 in this make and model; 124 in the last 90 days; 2,370 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 1 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,966 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 13 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 5,200 lb
- Seats: 6
- Landing gear: retractable
- Engine: Continental IO-520-M (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: C Sidney MT at 7:45 pm
- Destination: C Miles City MT
- Flight plan: IFR
- Runway 4, 6,313 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: night, dark
- Wind: from 030° at 15 knots
- Visibility: 1 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; not recorded
- Temperature: 88°F (31°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 4 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N30RA the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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