# Accident 19730223003389A: Cessna 310N, Painsville, OH, February 23, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 23, 1973
- Place: Painsville, OH
- Airport: Painsville
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Location: 41.7216° N, 81.2584° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Painesville, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7216&lon=-81.2584&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4197Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4197Q-1993-10-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,396 total, 400 in this make and model, 109 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEI27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEI27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730223003389A

## Narrative

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

ACFT L OF CENTER LINE ENTERED FRESH PLOWED SNOW ABT 4IN DEEP ON RWY.HIT SNOW BANK AFTR 1/2 MI ROLL

## 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 CHI73FEI27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEI27), Feb 23, 1973: Cessna 310N (N4197Q), Painsville, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4197Q (3)

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

- [Accident 19840313060079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840313060079A), Mar 13, 1984: Cessna 310N (N4197Q), Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Landed gear ulp. No mechanical problems found.
- [Incident 19780211006969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780211006969I), Feb 11, 1978: Cessna 310N (N4197Q), Wooster, OH, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed while waiting for takeoff. Was being ferried from an earlier collapse, nose gear not braced.
- [Incident 19780119003609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780119003609I), Jan 19, 1978: Cessna 310 (N4197Q), Lockport, NY, Minor damage. AD after fast approach to landing with bounce aircraft drifted off runway and struck snowbank.

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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