# Incident 19791226035949I: Cessna 310, Chantilly, VA, December 26, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1979, 20:00 local time
- Place: Chantilly, VA
- Airport: Dulles International
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8892° N, 77.4421° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chantilly, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8892&lon=-77.4421&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31245, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31245-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,000 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/19791226035949I

## Narrative

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

LOST ELECTRICAL POWER IN FLIGHT. FOUND FAULTY GENERATOR BAND.

## Other reports on N31245 (2)

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

- [Incident 19880303018849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880303018849I), Mar 3, 1988: Cessna 310I (N31245), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Loud noises on takeoff. No up gear light. Diverted. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Nose strut flat on takeoff.
- [Incident 19810104004999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104004999I), Jan 4, 1981: Cessna 310I (N31245), New York, NY. Five miles from airport oil pressure dropped in right engine. Investigation found air IL seperator iced up.

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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