# Incident 19780809049899I: Cessna 310R, Kahului, HI, August 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1978, 15:10 local time
- Place: Kahului, HI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 20.8587° N, 156.4684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kahului, HI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=20.8587&lon=-156.4684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N447D-2021-07-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,675 total, 480 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780809049899I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE SHUTDOWN DUE TO HOLE BURNED IN COWLING. FOUND CRACKED CYLINDER FLANGE.

## Other reports on N447D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19991227037439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991227037439I), Dec 27, 1999: Cessna 310R (N447D), Kahului, HI, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot declared an emergency at Kahului, maui with an unsafe right landing gear indication. The pilot made two attempts to land but felt the right landing…

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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