# Accident 19780217002049A: Cessna T310R, Fort Smith, AR, February 17, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1978
- Place: Fort Smith, AR
- Airport: Fort Smith Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 35.3366° N, 94.3661° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT SMITH RGNL (FSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3366&lon=-94.3661&mi=10
- Aircraft: N972AC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N972AC-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 800 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FPG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPG16) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780217002049A

## Narrative

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

AFTR TKOF PLT RPRTD ATT INDC NOT FUNCT & ACFT MUSHY,RETURNING TO .ATT INDC CKD OK AFTR ACDNT.

## 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 FTW78FPG16](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FPG16), Feb 17, 1978: Cessna 310Q (N972AC), Fort Smith, AR, destroyed

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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