# Incident 19880120019019I: Cessna 310R, Louisville, KY, January 20, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1988, 20:18 local time
- Place: Louisville, KY
- Airport: Standiford Field
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JESA
- Location: 38.2542° N, 85.7594° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2542&lon=-85.7594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5215C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5215C-2015-10-14) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880120019019I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING AT HIGH STEEP PILOT VEERED OFF TAXIWAY INTO THE GRASS. BECAME STUCK IN THE MUD. BLAMED SEAT SLIPPED BACK.

## Other reports on N5215C (2)

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

- [Incident 19870401014129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870401014129I), Apr 1, 1987: Cessna 310R (N5215C), Nashua, NH. Diverted with loss of electrical power, found stuck starter solenoid.
- [Incident 19850919060579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850919060579I), Sep 19, 1985: Cessna 310R (N5215C), Baton Rouge, LA. During hot start on engine pilot over primed. Vapors from exhaust stack ignited momentarily. No damage.

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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