# Accident 19810104000419A: Cessna 310R, Jackson, WY, January 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1981, 19:47 local time
- Place: Jackson, WY
- Airport: Jackson Hole
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.6073° N, 110.7377° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JACKSON HOLE (JAC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6073&lon=-110.7377&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4880A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4880A-1991-08-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 2,348 total, 1,339 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN81FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA014) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104000419A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO FOLLOW IFR DEPARTURE PROCEDURES.  HIT CLOUD OBSCURED  MOUNTAIN ON CLIMB.  ICE ON AIRPLANE ON DEPARTURE.

## 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 DEN81FA014](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN81FA014), Jan 4, 1981: Cessna T310R (N4880A), Moose, WY, destroyed, 6 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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