- Date
- October 20, 1978
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8071MCessna 310I
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781020038209A
- Case key
- 138345
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3670 78/10/20 YUMA,AZ CESSNA 310I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 2408 TIME - 0910 N8071M PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN DIEGO,CA TUCSON,AZ. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: DOORS,DOOR FRAMES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE REMARKS- EMERGENCY EXIT WINDOW POPPED OUT DMGG R HORIZONTAL STAB.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8071M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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Other investigations on N8071M · 1
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