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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Amarillo, TX · February 9, 1983

Date: February 9, 1983 · 16:53 local
Place: Amarillo, TX
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N999HQ
Reported as: Cessna 310R
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total200 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N999HQRegistered now · Cessna 310RS/N 310R0720 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 310R Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot emergency exit blew off. Damaged wing and tail skin. Locking pins bent. Passenger may have pulled on handle.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT EMERGENCY EXIT BLEW OFF. DAMAGED WING AND TAIL SKIN. LOCKING PINS BENT. PASSENGER MAY HAVE PULLED ON HANDLE.