# Accident 20140308004349A: Cessna 310Q, New Knoxville, OH, March 8, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 2014, 11:20 local time
- Place: New Knoxville, OH
- Airport: Neil Armstrong
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4936° N, 84.2981° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4936&lon=-84.2981&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69980, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69980-2015-12-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,320 total, 30 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN14LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA159) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140308004349A

## Narrative

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

AFTER A NON EVENTFUL LANDING WHILE TAXING TO PARKING, THE PILOT NOTICED SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. HE SHUTDOWN THE ELCTRICAL SYSTEM BUT THE SMOKE CONTINUED TO WORSEN.  UP ON EXIT FROM THE AIRCRAFT SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF SMOKE WAS SEEN COMING FROM THE NOSE SECTION. AN INSPECTION PANEL WAS REMOVED AND THE FLAMES WERE EXTINGUISHED.

## 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 CEN14LA159](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN14LA159), Mar 8, 2014: Cessna 310Q (N69980), Wapakoneta, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: A fire due to a fuel leak of the cabin heater system. Contributing to the accident was the inadequate maintenance of the airplane, which failed to identify leaks in the heater system.

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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