# Incident 19871214076969I: Cessna 310R, Ashtabula, OH, December 14, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1987, 19:30 local time
- Place: Ashtabula, OH
- Airport: Ashtabula County
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: AIEA
- Location: 41.8795° N, 80.7985° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashtabula, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8795&lon=-80.7985&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5473J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5473J-2018-06-08) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,585 total, 600 in this make and model, 98 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871214076969I

## Narrative

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

SAW FLAMES SHOOTING FROM THE NOSE OVER WINDSHIELD. VECTORED TO AIRPORT. NO FIRE FOUND. SUSPECT ST ALMOS FIRE.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.