# Incident 19810108021249I: Cessna 310D, Flushing, NY, January 8, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 1981, 14:44 local time
- Place: Flushing, NY
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7654° N, 73.8174° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Flushing, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7654&lon=-73.8174&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6798T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6798T-2023-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 900 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/19810108021249I

## Narrative

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

PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND FLEW THROUGH TCA AFTER BEING TOLD TO CONTACT FLIGHT SERVICE FOR EXPLANATION.

## Other reports on N6798T (2)

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

- [Accident 20230506005589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230506005589A), May 6, 2023: Cessna 310D (N6798T), Ennis, TX, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft was on approach to runway 16 at Ennis Municipal Airport (F41) Ennis, TX when the aircraft turned west of runway 16 for unknown reasons and impacted…
- [Incident 20130721013559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130721013559I), Jul 21, 2013: Cessna 310D (N6798T), Mckinney, TX, Minor damage. Aircraft landed safely and was decreasing ground speed to exit runway. Just before right hand turn to exit runway, left main gear collapsed causing the left…

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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