# Accident 19741207042899A: Cessna 310A, Anchorage, AK, December 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1974
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6340, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6340-1975-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310A (registry code 2074204, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 40 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC75FAG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75FAG59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741207042899A

## Narrative

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

LOST CTL TRYING TO TOP OCST.RECOVERED OK & DSCND INTO GRND.

## 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 ANC75FAG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC75FAG59), Dec 7, 1974: Cessna 310A (N6340), Anchorage, AK, substantial damage

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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