# Accident 19730117001179A: Cessna 310D, Des Moines, IA, January 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 1973
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines Mun
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6999T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6999T-2015-05-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC73FCD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCD48) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730117001179A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

NOSE WHEEL STRUT DEFLATED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC73FCD48](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73FCD48), Jan 17, 1973: Cessna 310D (N6999T), Des Moines, IA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6999T (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19830219014889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830219014889I), Feb 19, 1983: Cessna 310D (N6999T), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed on landing. Cause not reported.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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