# Incident 19980407009089I: Cessna 310L, Fargo, ND, April 7, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1998, 17:16 local time
- Place: Fargo, ND
- Airport: Hector International
- Phase of flight: Unknown/Not Reported
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.9206° N, 96.8157° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HECTOR INTL (FAR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.9206&lon=-96.8157&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3304X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3304X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 550 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980407009089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON APRIL 7, 1998, AT 1716 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310L, N3304X, OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED NO DAMAGE DURING LANDING, AFTER EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT HAD BEEN OPERATING ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT FARGO, ND AT 1545 LOCAL TIME. AFTER A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT, AIRWORTHINESS IS CONSIDERED A FACTOR IN THE CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. THE AIRCRFT EXPERIENCED ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER.

## Other reports on N3304X (2)

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

- [Accident 19870328007639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870328007639A), Mar 28, 1987: Cessna 310L (N3304X), Venice, FL, Substantial damage. The pilot inadvertently retracted the landing gear on rollout. The pilot left the scene and was not identified.
- [Incident 19810203014409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810203014409I), Feb 3, 1981: Cessna 310L (N3304X), Rockford, IL, Minor damage. Nose wheel collapsed during touch down nose gear retraction linkage was broken.

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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