19791017051239I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310C · Corona, CA · October 17, 1979

Date
October 17, 1979 · 15:30 local
Place
Corona, CA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6728T
Reported as
Cessna 310C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
297 total31 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot in right seat lifted the gear selector during taxi to test the safety switch. Safety switch did not work.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT IN RIGHT SEAT LIFTED THE GEAR SELECTOR DURING TAXI TO TEST THE SAFETY SWITCH. SAFETY SWITCH DID NOT WORK.