# Accident 19781020038209A: Cessna T310R, Yuma, AZ, October 20, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 1978
- Place: Yuma, AZ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.7253° N, 114.6244° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Yuma, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7253&lon=-114.6244&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8071M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8071M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,408 total, 450 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79DUJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ12) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781020038209A

## Narrative

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

EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW POPPED OUT DMGG R HORIZONTAL STAB.

## 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 LAX79DUJ12](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79DUJ12), Oct 20, 1978: Cessna 310I (N8071M), Yuma, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8071M (2)

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

- [Incident 20001214025079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001214025079I), Dec 14, 2000: Cessna 310I (N8071M), Phoenix, AZ, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot departed Deer valley apt (dvt) at rotation he heard a loud bang on the left side of the a/c. he did not have any runway ahead so he continued to…
- [Accident 19760820024849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760820024849A), Aug 20, 1976: Cessna 310I (N8071M), Farmington, NM, Substantial damage. Explosion in belly of acft while warming up on ramp fuel leaked from main fuel strainer

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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