# NTSB CHI79FEX06: Cessna 310Q, N310AE, Marion, IN, December 1, 1978

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 1, 1978
- Place: Marion, IN · MARION, IN
- Location: 40.5500° N, 85.6604° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5500&lon=-85.6604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 8, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 138523
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79FEX06
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEX06

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4078   78/12/1   MARION,IN           CESSNA 310Q         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 13786
        TIME - 1415                    N310AE              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            TOTAL HOURS, 898 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MARION MUNI
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          OAKLAND-TROY,MI             MARION,IN
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N310AE](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310AE-2015-05-13), registration cancelled 2015-05-13, S/N 310Q0701, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (registry code 2074242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Marion Muni

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19781201040269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781201040269A), Dec 1, 1978: Cessna T310R, Marion, IN, Substantial damage

## Other investigations on N310AE (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 FTW94FA233](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW94FA233), Jul 14, 1994: Cessna 310Q (N310AE), Greenville, TX, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE CFI'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED ABOVE VMC, RESULTING IN A LOSS OF CONTROL DURING THE SINGLE ENGINE G0-AROUND. FACTORS WERE NOT ATTAINING RUNWAY ALIGNMENT AND THE CFI'S FAILURE TO RETRACT THE…

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.

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