# Incident 19790327011749I: Cessna 310D, Wise, VA, March 27, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 1979, 16:47 local time
- Place: Wise, VA
- Airport: Lonesome Pine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.9876° N, 82.5298° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LONESOME PINE (LNP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.9876&lon=-82.5298&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3171, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3171) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,872 total, 1,710 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/19790327011749I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK AN UNKNOWN OBJECT ON VOR FINAL,PILOT CONTINUED. CONTACT AFTER RE-ENTERING CLOUDS AND TURBULANCE.

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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