# Accident 19781201040269A: Cessna T310R, Marion, IN, December 1, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1978
- Place: Marion, IN
- Airport: Marion Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 40.4899° N, 85.6797° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Marion Municipal Airport (MZZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4899&lon=-85.6797&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310AE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310AE-2015-05-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (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: 4,303 total, 898 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEX06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX06) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781201040269A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI79FEX06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX06), Dec 1, 1978: Cessna 310Q (N310AE), Marion, IN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N310AE (3)

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

- [Accident 19940714018369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940714018369A), Jul 14, 1994: Cessna 310Q (N310AE), Greenville, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Single engine practice. Aligned with taxiway began go around. Failed raise gear. Turn into feathered engine at VMC.
- [Incident 19840312012599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840312012599I), Mar 12, 1984: Cessna 310Q (N310AE), Flint, MI, Minor damage. No indication of nose gear down and locked. Landed with nose gear dangling. Nose gear tube assembly had broken.
- [Incident 19791107055469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791107055469I), Nov 7, 1979: Cessna 310 (N310AE), Almont, MI, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently retracted gear during landing roll, damaging props and gear doors.

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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