# Accident 19730910032369A: Cessna 310B, Panama City, FL, September 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 10, 1973
- Place: Panama City, FL
- Airport: Tyndall Afb
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 30.0691° N, 85.5750° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TYNDALL AFB (PAM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0691&lon=-85.5750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5471A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5471A-1989-07-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310B (registry code 2074208, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 593 total, 20 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FLA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730910032369A

## Narrative

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

WHILE TALKING TO BAY CO ARPT BOTH RADIOS WENT OUT SAW GREEN LGT THOUGHT LDG CLNC LNDD AT AFB.

## 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 MIA74FLA16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FLA16), Sep 10, 1973: Cessna 310B (N5471A), Panama City, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5471A (1)

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

- [Accident 19850408013979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850408013979A), Apr 8, 1985: Cessna 310B (N5471A), Shelbyville, IN, Substantial damage. Unable to resolve unsafe gear indication. Right main collapsed on landing. Torque tube bent and sheared.

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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