# Incident 19790616022729I: Cessna 310L, Potosi, MO, June 16, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Potosi, MO
- Airport: Washington Co
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.9292° N, 90.7315° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASHINGTON COUNTY (8WC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9292&lon=-90.7315&mi=10
- Aircraft: N867MF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N867MF-2001-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 200 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/19790616022729I

## Narrative

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

PILOT COULD NOT OVERRIDE OR DISENGAGE YAW PORTION OF AUTO PILOT. RUDDER PEDAL BROKE DURING ATTEMPT.LANDED SAFELY

## Other reports on N867MF (1)

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

- [Accident 20000207008229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000207008229A), Feb 7, 2000: Cessna 310L (N867MF), Flagstaff, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) While retracting gear after takeoff, PIC heard strange noise. Approach into flg. Geardown, no nose gear light but mains down. Performed low approach, flg…

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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