# Accident 19790811024239A: Cessna 310, Prescott, AZ, August 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1979, 12:25 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Prescott
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3676D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3676D-2012-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT O470B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,220 total, 170 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUK02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUK02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790811024239A

## Narrative

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

EXPLOSION & FIRE OCCURRED IN RIGHT ENGINE AND WING ON LANDING ROLL. FOUND SEPARATED FUEL PRESSURE INDICATOR LINE.

## 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 LAX79FUK02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUK02), Aug 11, 1979: Cessna 310 (N3676D), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3676D (1)

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

- [Incident 19880806071759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806071759I), Aug 6, 1988: Cessna 310 (N3676D), Tucumcari, NM, Minor damage. Difficulty with gear retraction after takeoff. Returned. Right gear collapsed on rollout. Downgraded to incident.

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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