# Accident 19790318034859A: Cessna 310R, Castle Rock, CO, March 18, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1979, 20:12 local time
- Place: Castle Rock, CO
- Airport: Arapahoe Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6908° N, 105.5047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ARAPAHOE (CD19), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6908&lon=-105.5047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4157A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4157A-1991-08-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 0 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN79FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA031) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790318034859A

## Narrative

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

ACFT DIVED INTO THE GROUND ON 2ND ATTEMPTED ILS APPROACH. NARCOTICS FOUND ONBOARD.

## 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 DEN79FA031](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN79FA031), Mar 18, 1979: Cessna 310 (N4157A), Castle Rock, CO, 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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