# Accident 19740111007149A: Cessna 310P, Fort Wayne, IN, January 11, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 11, 1974
- Place: Fort Wayne, IN
- Airport: Baer Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5915M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5915M-1993-05-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,983 total, 150 in this make and model, 441 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74AC058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740111007149A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HIT SNOWBANK ON LEFT SIDE OF RWY.NO W/S DEICER EQUIPMENT.SOME RWY LTS COVERED BY SNOW.

## 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 CHI74AC058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74AC058), Jan 11, 1974: Cessna 310P (N5915M), Fort Wayne, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5915M (1)

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

- [Incident 19830415023969I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830415023969I), Apr 15, 1983: Cessna 310P (N5915M), West Chicago, IL, Minor damage. Unable to get safe indication. Right gear collapsed on rollout. Found gear retraction push pull tube broken.

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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