# Incident 19810104004999I: Cessna 310I, New York, NY, January 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 4, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: New York, NY
- Airport: Dulles
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7143° N, 74.0060° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New York, NY, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7143&lon=-74.0060&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31245, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31245-2023-03-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 1,300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810104004999I

## Narrative

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

FIVE MILES FROM AIRPORT OIL PRESSURE DROPPED IN RIGHT ENGINE. INVESTIGATION FOUND AIR IL SEPERATOR ICED UP.

## Other reports on N31245 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880303018849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880303018849I), Mar 3, 1988: Cessna 310I (N31245), Washington, DC, Minor damage. Loud noises on takeoff. No up gear light. Diverted. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Nose strut flat on takeoff.
- [Incident 19791226035949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791226035949I), Dec 26, 1979: Cessna 310 (N31245), Chantilly, VA. Lost electrical power in flight. Found faulty generator band.

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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