# Accident 19760415011969A: Cessna 310D, Sandston, VA, April 15, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1976
- Place: Sandston, VA
- Airport: Richard E Byrd
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 37.5131° N, 77.3130° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sandston, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5131&lon=-77.3130&mi=10
- Aircraft: N871S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N871S-1976-06-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI066) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760415011969A

## Narrative

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

LOW OIL NR 2 ENG, NR 2 PROP AUTO FEATHERED.

## 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 IAD76AI066](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI066), Apr 15, 1976: Cessna 310D (N871S), Sandston, VA, destroyed, 1 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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