# Accident 19880623023609A: Cessna 310, Big Bear, CA, June 23, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 23, 1988, 13:29 local time
- Place: Big Bear, CA
- Airport: Big Bear City Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2294° N, 116.8604° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2294&lon=-116.8604&mi=10
- Aircraft: N170R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N170R-1991-03-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 364 total, 96 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX88FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA230) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880623023609A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED IN SPIN. FACTORS FUEL MISMANGEMENT, TEMPORARY POWER LOSS, MISUSED TRIM. TURBULENCE.

## 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 LAX88FA230](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX88FA230), Jun 23, 1988: Cessna 310 (N170R), Big Bear Lake, CA, destroyed, 4 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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