# Incident 19790207005089I: Cessna 310P, Macomb, IL, February 7, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1979, 15:40 local time
- Place: Macomb, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4702° N, 90.6830° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Macomb, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4702&lon=-90.6830&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5731M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5731M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,200 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/19790207005089I

## Narrative

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

ZD PILOT ALLOWED AIRCRAFT TO CONTACT SNOWBANK ON SIDE OF RUNWAY DURING ATTEMPTED TAKEOFF.

## Other reports on N5731M (1)

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

- [Incident 19821208066369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821208066369I), Dec 8, 1982: Cessna 310P (N5731M), Mccomb, IL. During gear retraction pilot heard a noise from nose gear. Landed gear up. Flat nose strut broke idler bell crank.

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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