# Accident 19760820024849A: Cessna 310I, Farmington, NM, August 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1976
- Place: Farmington, NM
- Airport: Farmington Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Location: 36.7281° N, 108.2187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Farmington, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7281&lon=-108.2187&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8071M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8071M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,719 total, 113 in this make and model, 53 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN76FQA62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQA62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760820024849A

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSION IN BELLY OF ACFT WHILE WARMING UP ON RAMP FUEL LEAKED FROM MAIN FUEL STRAINER

## 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 DEN76FQA62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN76FQA62), Aug 20, 1976: Cessna 310I (N8071M), Farmington, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8071M (2)

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

- [Incident 20001214025079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001214025079I), Dec 14, 2000: Cessna 310I (N8071M), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed Deer valley apt (dvt) at rotation he heard a loud bang on the left side of the a/c. he did not have any runway ahead so he continued to…
- [Accident 19781020038209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781020038209A), Oct 20, 1978: Cessna T310R (N8071M), Yuma, AZ, Substantial damage. Emergency exit window popped out dmgg r horizontal stab.

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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