# Incident 19791218046329I: Cessna 310, Greensboro, NC, December 18, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1979, 11:15 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Air Harbor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1736° N, 79.8031° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AIR HARBOR (W88), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1736&lon=-79.8031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3673D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3673D-1992-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 225 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/19791218046329I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HAD PROPPED ENGINE,IT STARTED. PROP STRUCK PILOT. MAGNETO UNGROUNDED IN OFF POSITION FROM BAD MAG "P" LEAD

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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