# Accident 19811201076969A: Cessna 310K, Gainesville, GA, December 1, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1981, 10:22 local time
- Place: Gainesville, GA
- Airport: Lee Gilmer Memori
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2979° N, 83.8241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2979&lon=-83.8241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6943L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6943L-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT IO470V
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 44 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL82FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA023) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811201076969A

## Narrative

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

LEFT ENGINE INTERMITTENT DUE TO WATER IN FUEL AFTER TAKEOFF INTO A LOW CEILING. LOST CONTROL. LEAKING FUEL CAPS.

## 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 ATL82FA023](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL82FA023), Dec 1, 1981: Cessna 310K (N6943L), Gainsville, GA, destroyed, 2 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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