# Accident 19750207001989A: Cessna 320D, Austin, TX, February 7, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1975
- Place: Austin, TX
- Airport: Robert Mueller
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Location: 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Austin, TX, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2672&lon=-97.7431&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3312Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3312Q-2012-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 100 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW75FRG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRG54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750207001989A

## Narrative

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

PLT DID NOT POSITION FUEL SELECTORS TO PROPER TANK BFOR APCH.LND HARD IN SMALL FLD.

## 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 FTW75FRG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW75FRG54), Feb 7, 1975: Cessna 320D (N3312Q), Austin, TX, 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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