# Accident 19760807038409A: Cessna 310C, Columbus, OH, August 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 1976
- Place: Columbus, OH
- Airport: Port Columbus
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.9612° N, 82.9988° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbus, OH, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9612&lon=-82.9988&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1773H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1773H-2013-07-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 465 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76FEK25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEK25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760807038409A

## Narrative

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

PIC KNEW OF POSSIBLE RADIO PROB.ACTUAL PROB WITH ELEC SYSTEM CAUSING USE OF EMERG GEAR EXTENSION.

## 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 CHI76FEK25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76FEK25), Aug 7, 1976: Cessna 310 (N1773H), Columbus, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N1773H (1)

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

- [Accident 19850608024879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850608024879A), Jun 8, 1985: Cessna 310C (N1773H), Greenfield, IN, Substantial damage. Unable to restart left engine and maintain altitude. Left propeller not feathered for emergency landing at night.

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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