# Accident 19801023074489A: Cessna 310P, Milledgeville, GA, October 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1980, 18:54 local time
- Place: Milledgeville, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0874° N, 83.2400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Milledgeville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0874&lon=-83.2400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5882M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5882M-1983-08-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA008) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801023074489A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL GYRO EN ROUTE IN IMC FLIGHT. LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE. HIGH SPEED GROUND IMPACT. TURN INDICATOR OKAY.

## 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 ATL81FA008](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81FA008), Oct 23, 1980: Cessna 310 (N5882M), Milledgeville, GA, 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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