# Accident 19790302017689A: Cessna 310B, Galesburg, IL, March 2, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 2, 1979, 10:14 local time
- Place: Galesburg, IL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 40.9502° N, 90.3766° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Galesburg, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9502&lon=-90.3766&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5384A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5384A-1981-10-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310B (registry code 2074208, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 9,018 total, 124 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA030) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790302017689A

## Narrative

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

ACFT CRASHED INTO GROUND ON A GO-AROUND FROM AN ILS APPROACH. PILOT APPEARED CONFUSED AND LOST.

## 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 CHI79FA030](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA030), Mar 2, 1979: Cessna 310B (N5384A), Galesburg, IL, destroyed, 4 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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