# Accident 19790506008659A: Cessna 310, Traverse City, MI, May 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1979, 22:52 local time
- Place: Traverse City, MI
- Airport: Traverse Bay
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7543° N, 85.6030° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Traverse City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7543&lon=-85.6030&mi=10
- Aircraft: N639R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N639R-1991-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,808 total, 170 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM20) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506008659A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ON IFR FLIGHT PLAN UNABLE TO LAND DUE TO WEATHER.DITCHED AIRPLANE IN BAY AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION.

## 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 CHI79FEM20](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM20), May 6, 1979: Cessna 310 (N639R), Traverse City, MI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N639R (2)

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

- [Incident 19811118087219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811118087219I), Nov 18, 1981: Cessna 310 (N639R), Ft Smith, AR, Minor damage. No green on nose gear extension. Recycled nose gear collapsed on landing. Bowed nose gear retract assembly.
- [Incident 19781124025669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781124025669I), Nov 24, 1978: Cessna 310 (N639R), Alpena, MI, Minor damage. Loud bank under pilot's seat when gear extended. Landed with nose gear partially extended.

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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