# Accident 19800108000079A: Cessna 310J, Panhandle, TX, January 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1980, 13:00 local time
- Place: Panhandle, TX
- Airport: Stamps
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3306° N, 101.3852° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STAMPS FLD (3TE5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3306&lon=-101.3852&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3042L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3042L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,955 total, 896 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DQG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DQG08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800108000079A

## Narrative

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

LOW ON FUEL. ATC DELAYED VECTORS TO NEAREST ARPT. GAVE HIM WRONG RWY LENGTH. PILOT LANDED DOWNWIND. RAN OFF END RWY

## 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 FTW80DQG08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DQG08), Jan 8, 1980: Cessna 310J (N3042L), Panhandle, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3042L (3)

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

- [Incident 19900519027379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900519027379I), May 19, 1990: Cessna 310J (N3042L), West Memphis, AR, Minor damage. Left gear retracted on landing rollout. Bell crank assembly had sheared.
- [Incident 19810707048929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810707048929I), Jul 7, 1981: Cessna 310J (N3042L), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. Smoke from right engine on takeoff. Feathered. Landed safe, found separated engine cylinder.
- [Incident 19801206085369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801206085369I), Dec 6, 1980: Cessna 310J (N3042L), Tomball, TX, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed after landing. Found broken bolt in gear side brace.

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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