# Incident 19810310029669I: Cessna 310R, Indianapolis, IN, March 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1981, 02:50 local time
- Place: Indianapolis, IN
- Airport: Indianapolis
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JESA
- Location: 39.7684° N, 86.1580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Indianapolis, IN, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7684&lon=-86.1580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8476T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8476T-2011-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520M
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 250 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/19810310029669I

## Narrative

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

MAJOR ENGINE FAILURE INFLIGHT. AIRCRAFT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

## Other reports on N8476T (1)

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

- [Incident 19901126058099I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901126058099I), Nov 26, 1990: Cessna 310R (N8476T), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. On liftoff, struck a deer. Returned and landed safely.

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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