- Date
- September 18, 1978
- Place
- Gaston, SC · GASTON, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6942TCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report October 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780918026979A
- Case key
- 139590
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2626 78/9/18 GASTON,SC CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 6165 TIME - 0730 N6942T PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 3015 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEXINGTON CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GASTON,SC CHARLESTON,SC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DOOR/PANEL OPEN REMARKS- CABIN DOOR OPENED AFTER TKOF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6942T
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lexington Co
N6942TRegistration cancelled May 2, 2013 · Cessna 310DAirframe modelCessna 310DEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.