# Incident 19800328040119I: Cessna 310R, Jamaica, NY, March 28, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 28, 1980, 07:20 local time
- Place: Jamaica, NY
- Airport: Jfk International
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6915° N, 73.8057° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jamaica, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6915&lon=-73.8057&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1909G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1909G-2022-07-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-M (registry code 17233, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,400 total, 800 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/19800328040119I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO OBTAIN A DOWN SAFE LIGHT FOR THE LEFT MAIN. SWITCH ACUTATOR BENT, NOT CONTACTING SWITCH.

## Other reports on N1909G (3)

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

- [Incident 19870116078689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870116078689I), Jan 16, 1987: Cessna 310R (N1909G), South Burlingto, VT, Minor damage. Engine started. Brakes set. Accelerated. Failed to stop engine. Struck parked aircraft. Mixture control was frozen.
- [Accident 19860422014739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860422014739A), Apr 22, 1986: Cessna 310R (N1909G), Buffalo, NY, Substantial damage. The right wing bracket fractured on landing. The aircraft taxied to ramp. Break showed signs of overstress failure.
- [Incident 19851217065409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851217065409I), Dec 17, 1985: Cessna 310R (N1909G), Ogdensburg, NY. Right engine shutdown due to frozen throttle cable. Uneventful landing.

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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