# Accident 19820809035269A: Cessna 310R, Danbury, CT, August 9, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1982, 01:36 local time
- Place: Danbury, CT
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3948° N, 73.4540° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Danbury, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3948&lon=-73.4540&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98841, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98841-2013-03-21) (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: 600 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC82FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820809035269A

## Narrative

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

UNSKILLED IFR PILOT HAD RADIO PROBLEMS. BECAME CONFUSED. APPARENTLY MAKING APPROACH AT WRONG AIRPORT.LOST CONTROL.

## 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 NYC82FA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC82FA188), Aug 9, 1982: Cessna 310R (N98841), Danbury, CT, destroyed, 1 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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