# Accident 19800124001129A: Cessna 310D, Santa Ana, CA, January 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 1980, 15:42 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: El Toro
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N340J-1985-09-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 55 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA039) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800124001129A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF. PILOT USED IMPROPER ENGINE-OUT PROCEDURE AND CRASHED OFF AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX80FA039](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FA039), Jan 24, 1980: Cessna 310D (N340J), Irvine, CA, destroyed

## Other reports on N340J (1)

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

- [Incident 19790601028769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790601028769I), Jun 1, 1979: Cessna 310J (N340J), Chino, CA, Minor damage. Pilot unable to get safe gear indication, left main collapsed. Motor had burned out, worm gear had stuck.

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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