Army Aviation Iran Madagascar Air Force of Madagascar — One 310R Mexico Mexican Naval Aviation Paraguay Paraguayan Air Force Peru Peruvian Navy Philippines Philippine Air Force Saudi Arabia Suriname Suriname Air Force Tanzania Tanzanian Air Force United States United States Air Force received 196 L-27A and L-27B (later redesignated U-3A and B). United States Army received 25 ex-US Air Force L-27As (later U-3As) and at least 13 L-27Bs (later U-3B) from 1960. Uruguay Uruguayan Air Force (One 310R) Venezuela Venezuelan Navy Zaire Zaire Air Force Accidents and incidents On October 28, 1959, a Cessna 310 carrying Cuban revolutionary Camilo Cienfuegos disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean on a night flight from Camagüey to Havana. Neither the aircraft nor the body of Cienfuegos were ever found. On November 26, 1962, a Saab Scandia 90A-1 (registration PP-SRA) of VASP on a scheduled domestic service in Brazil from São Paulo-Congonhas to Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont collided in the air over the Municipality of Paraibuna, State of São Paulo with a private Cessna 310 registration PT-BRQ en route from Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont to São Paulo-Campo de Marte. Both were flying on the same airway in opposite directions and failed to have visual contact. The two aircraft crashed killing all 23 passengers and crew of the Saab and the four occupants of the Cessna. On July 19, 1967, a Boeing 727 operating as Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 collided with a Cessna 310 near Hendersonville, North Carolina in the US, killing all 79 people on board the Boeing 727 and the three people in the Cessna. On October 16, 1972, US Congressmen Nick Begich of Alaska, and Hale Boggs of Louisiana, disappeared over Alaska while flying in a 310C during a campaign trip. On September 11, 1981, the Swing Auditorium in San Bernardino, California was irreparably damaged when it was struck by a twin-engine Cessna T310P, following which the building had to be razed. On June 29, 1989, concert organist Keith Chapman and his wife were killed when their 310Q piloted by Chapman crashed into the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of the Colorado Rockies while they were returning from a performance in California. , the US National Transportation Safety Board has recorded 1,787 incidents for Cessna 310s since 12 January 1964. Of these, 436 were fatal. Specifications (1956 model 310) Notable appearances in media See also References FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet Number 3A10 Andrade, John.