# Accident 19800724030719A: Cessna T310Q, Cahokia, IL, July 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1980, 16:07 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: Bi State Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1231G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1231G-1983-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,182 total, 569 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA059) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800724030719A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON FINAL APPROACH FOR LANDING. PILOT REPORTED POWER FAILURE. CONTROLS AND SWITCHES DESTROYED,FIRE.

## 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 CHI80FA059](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FA059), Jul 24, 1980: Cessna T310 (N1231G), Cahokia, IL, destroyed, 2 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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