# Accident 19731218042489A: Cessna 310L, Manhattan, KS, December 18, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1973
- Place: Manhattan, KS
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 39.1883° N, 96.6059° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manhattan, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1883&lon=-96.6059&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3269X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3269X-1974-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,720 total, 1,686 in this make and model, 312 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74AK033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK033) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731218042489A

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING INITIAL GND CTC ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE FOR A DIST OF ABT 525FT BFR STRIKING A PWR LINE.

## 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 MKC74AK033](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74AK033), Dec 18, 1973: Cessna 310L (N3269X), Manhattan, KS, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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