Cessna 310L N3269X

Summary

On 18 December 1973 at about 19:14 local time, a Cessna 310L registered N3269X, operated by Capitol Air SE, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Manhattan, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 December 1973 at 19:14

Classification

Accident

Location

Manhattan, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Cessna 310L

Registration

N3269X

Category

Fixed-Wing

Engines

2

Operator

Capitol Air SE

Operating rule

Air Taxi Operator

Purpose of flight

Air Taxi-Passenger Operations

Phase of flight

Landing

Route

Norman, Okla → S

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night (Dark)

NTSB number

3-3959

2 people died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

FOLLOWING INITIAL GND CTC ACFT BECAME AIRBORNE FOR A DIST OF ABT 525FT BFR STRIKING A PWR LINE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.