# Accident 19730123001599A: Cessna 310N, Santee, CA, January 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 1973
- Place: Santee, CA
- Airport: Gillespie
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 32.8262° N, 116.9724° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GILLESPIE FLD (SEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8262&lon=-116.9724&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5066Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5066Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 603 total, 156 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX73FUM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUM15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730123001599A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MN GR VERY STIFF WITH FROZEN BEARINGS.

## 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 LAX73FUM15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX73FUM15), Jan 23, 1973: Cessna 310N (N5066Q), Santee, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5066Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20260518007679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260518007679I), May 18, 2026: Cessna 310N (N5066Q), Layfatte, LA, Minor damage. On may 18,2026, at approximately 1400 CDT, aircraft [privacy data omitted] experienced what was believed to be a gear-up landing at Lafayette Regional Airport…
- [Incident 19920215015679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920215015679I), Feb 15, 1992: Cessna 310N (N5066Q), Grand Prairie, TX. On practice NR2 engine failure take off passenger accidently feathered NR1 engine. Lost control. Veered off runway.

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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