# Accident 20150718010289A: Cessna T310R, Cody, WY, July 18, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2015, 11:55 local time
- Place: Cody, WY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.6058° N, 109.4192° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.6058&lon=-109.4192&mi=10
- Aircraft: N72TP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N72TP-2016-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 571 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN15FA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA307) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150718010289A

## Narrative

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

ATC DATA SHOWED N72TP DEPARTED LEVEL FLIGHT AND WENT INTO STEEP RATE OF DECENT IMPACTED MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN 15 MILES N/W OF CODY, WY.  FOUR OCCUPANTS ON BOARD SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.  WEATHER AT TIME WAS VMC.

## 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 CEN15FA307](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN15FA307), Jul 18, 2015: Cessna T310R (N72TP), Cody, WY, destroyed, 4 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of airplane control following the loss of power in the left engine; the reason for the loss of power could not be determined during postaccident engine examination.

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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