# Accident 19791022036799A: Cessna 310, Bloomington, IN, October 22, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 22, 1979, 19:40 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.1637° N, 86.5243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bloomington, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1637&lon=-86.5243&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1320G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1320G-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 4,680 total, 345 in this make and model, 173 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA007) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791022036799A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IMPACTED IN NEAR VERTICAL ANGLE. SEVERE TURBULENCE, THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. INDICATES LOSS OF CONTROL OF ACFT.

## 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 CHI80FA007](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA007), Oct 22, 1979: Cessna 310 (N1320G), Bloomington, IN, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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