# Accident 19780529023229A: Cessna 310, Irvine, CA, May 29, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 1978
- Place: Irvine, CA
- Airport: Orange Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 33.6695° N, 117.8231° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Irvine, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6695&lon=-117.8231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3699D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3699D-2011-01-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 0 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78AA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78AA050) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780529023229A

## Narrative

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

FOLLOWING B-737 ON FINAL.

## 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 LAX78AA050](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78AA050), May 29, 1978: Cessna 310 (N3699D), Irvine, CA, 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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