# Accident 19770520017019A: Cessna 310N, Amarillo, TX, May 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1977
- Place: Amarillo, TX
- Airport: Amarillo Air Term
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 35.2220° N, 101.8313° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Amarillo, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2220&lon=-101.8313&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4153Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4153Q-1977-08-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW77FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770520017019A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 FTW77FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW77FA056), May 20, 1977: Cessna 310N (N4153Q), Amarillo, TX, destroyed, 4 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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