# Accident 19781113042779A: Cessna 310J, Lubbock, TX, November 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 1978
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 33.5779° N, 101.8552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lubbock, TX, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5779&lon=-101.8552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310BJ-1982-04-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,420 total, 110 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA012) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781113042779A

## Narrative

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

TOWER ADVISED PLT ACFT WAS 1/2 MILE E OF COURSE DURING ILS APP.

## 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 FTW79FA012](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FA012), Nov 13, 1978: Cessna 310J (N310BJ), Lubbock, TX, destroyed, 2 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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