# Accident 19790108000499A: Cessna 310I, Festus, MO, January 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1979, 10:45 local time
- Place: Festus, MO
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2192° N, 90.4098° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Festus, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2192&lon=-90.4098&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8147M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8147M) (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 310I
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,600 total, 123 in this make and model, 140 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790108000499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HIT A SNOWBANK SHORT OF RUNWAY ON LANDING.

## 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 MKC79FCA04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCA04), Jan 8, 1979: Cessna 310 (N8147M), Festus, MO, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8147M (2)

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

- [Incident 19960205006579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960205006579I), Feb 5, 1996: Cessna 310I (N8147M), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 3-5-96 while enroute from sba to las on an ifa flight plan, the pilot indicated he experienced a total electrical failure. Los angeles ARTCC…
- [Accident 19881117051139A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881117051139A), Nov 17, 1988: Cessna 310I (N8147M), St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. Unsafe gear light and unable to correct manually. Left main gear collapsed on rollout. Poor rigging of the gear.

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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