# Incident 19790413010159I: Cessna T310Q, Covington, KY, April 13, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 1979, 13:40 local time
- Place: Covington, KY
- Airport: Greater Cincinnat
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0351° N, 84.5196° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Covington, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0351&lon=-84.5196&mi=10
- Aircraft: N728SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N728SC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 700 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/19790413010159I

## Narrative

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

ELECTRICAL FAILURE DURING CLIMB OUT. FLIGHT RETURNED. VOLTAGE REGULATOR HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N728SC (1)

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

- [Accident 19781228040419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781228040419A), Dec 28, 1978: Cessna T310R (N728SC), Waverly, IA, Substantial damage. Wnd gusts 30KTS. Mod to svr icing during descent & lnd. Wndshld c w/ice. A/c lnd beside r/w.

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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