# Accident 19760225005809A: Cessna T310Q, Erie, PA, February 25, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1976
- Place: Erie, PA
- Airport: Erie International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 42.0442° N, 79.8539° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Erie County Airport (3G1), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0442&lon=-79.8539&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5455X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5455X-2024-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 818 total, 320 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC76FGM25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FGM25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760225005809A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GR L DOOR ACTUATING ROD UPPER END FITTING P/N HM4 SEPARATED IN THREAD AREA.

## 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 NYC76FGM25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC76FGM25), Feb 25, 1976: Cessna T310Q (N5455X), Erie, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N5455X (1)

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

- [Incident 19810602048079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810602048079I), Jun 2, 1981: Cessna T310Q (N5455X), Casper, WY, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed with nosegear retracted actuator linkage 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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