# Accident 19780101004019A: Cessna 310L, Garden City, KS, January 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1978
- Place: Garden City, KS
- Airport: Garden City
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 37.9275° N, 100.7244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GARDEN CITY RGNL (GCK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9275&lon=-100.7244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2254F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2254F-1981-09-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780101004019A

## Narrative

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

ACFT BANKED SHARPLY TO LEFT AT APPROX 300FT AGL OTR ENG LOST PWR. MAINT DISCREPANCIES FOUND.

## 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 MKC78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC78FA017), Jan 1, 1978: Cessna 310L (N2254F), Garden City, KS, destroyed, 2 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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