# Accident 19800406008019A: Cessna 310Q, Baytown, TX, April 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1980, 19:00 local time
- Place: Baytown, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7355° N, 94.9774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baytown, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7355&lon=-94.9774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1209G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1209G-1982-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 11,400 total, 26 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA060) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800406008019A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO SURFACE OF RESERVOIR TRYING TO MAINTAIN VFR BELOW LOW CEILING WITH POOR VISIBILITY & DARKNESS IN AREA.

## 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 FTW80FA060](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FA060), Apr 6, 1980: Cessna 310Q (N1209G), Baytown, TX, destroyed, 4 fatal

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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