# Incident 20170808015779I: Cessna 310N, Palestine, TX, August 8, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 2017, 16:00 local time
- Place: Palestine, TX
- Airport: Palestine
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7797° N, 95.7063° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALESTINE MUNI (PSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7797&lon=-95.7063&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4156Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4156Q-2019-01-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,229 total, 1,229 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170808015779I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BOWIE,  TX FOR PALESTINE , TX.  20 SOUTHEAST OF DALLAS THE PILOT EXPERIENCED TOTAL ELECTRICALFAILURE.  HE PROCEEDED TO PALESTINE, TX AND INITIATED A GEAR UP LANDING.  NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRFRAME AND BOTH PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED.

## Other reports on N4156Q (1)

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

- [Accident 19740506012039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740506012039A), May 6, 1974: Cessna 310N (N4156Q), Pt Lay, AK, Substantial damage. Minimal braking on ice. Slid into snowbank.

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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