# Accident 19810102000069A: Cessna 310Q, Prescott, AZ, January 2, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1981, 16:05 local time
- Place: Prescott, AZ
- Airport: Prescott
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5400° N, 112.4685° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Prescott, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5400&lon=-112.4685&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310CV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310CV-2012-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 349 total, 48 in this make and model, 29 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810102000069A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED 3 MILES SHORT OF AIRPORT DURING ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY LANDING. PROBABLE FUEL EXHAUSTION ONE ENGINE.

## 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 LAX81FUJ21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ21), Jan 2, 1981: Cessna 310Q (N310CV), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage

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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