# Incident 19961102038519I: Cessna 310K, Fort Worth, TX, November 2, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 2, 1996, 14:42 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6965L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6965L-2011-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 882 total, 60 in this make and model, 57 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961102038519I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON 11-02-96 AT 1442 LOCAL A CESSNA 310-K N6965L OWNED BY GOSWAML ASHISH VENURAJA LANDED AT MEACHAM FIELD, FORT WORTH, TX BECAUSE OF SMOKE COMING FROM THE LEFT ENGINE. THE POWER WAS REDUCED TO THE LEFT ENGINE. BUT WAS NOT SHUT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO MEACHAM FIELD AND LANDED WITH NO DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES TO THE THREE PERSONNEL ABOARD THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS GOSSI, ANDREA CERTIFICATE NO. 2475263. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FTW ON 11-02-96 AT 1342.

## Other reports on N6965L (1)

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

- [Incident 19961111040339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961111040339I), Nov 11, 1996: Cessna 310K (N6965L), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: during approach to landing, the pilot failed to extend the landing gear. The aircraft sustained minor damage as a result of contacting runway…

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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