# Incident 19780929028849I: Cessna 310, Fort Dodge, IA, September 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 1978, 14:15 local time
- Place: Fort Dodge, IA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 42.5099° N, 94.1757° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Dodge, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5099&lon=-94.1757&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2206F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 1,200 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/19780929028849I

## Narrative

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

AT SPARKS FIRE AND SMOKE FROM BEHIND INSTRUMENT PANEL PRECEDED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL LOSS.

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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