# Accident 19780731039589A: Cessna T310R, Sussex, NJ, July 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1978
- Place: Sussex, NJ
- Airport: Sussex
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 41.2002° N, 74.6230° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SUSSEX (FWN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.2002&lon=-74.6230&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5808M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5808M-1980-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,700 total, 0 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780731039589A

## Narrative

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

APCH COURSE 345 DEG. ACFT COLLIDED WITH MOUNTAIN FIVE MILES NW OFPORT.

## 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 NYC79FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79FA075), Jul 31, 1978: Cessna 310P (N5808M), Sussex, NJ, destroyed, 1 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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