# N123RA: Cessna 310R, registration cancelled 2001-03-13

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 13, 2001
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Cessna 310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (registry code 2074245)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 3A10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/3A10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 310R0221
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: February 13, 1992
- Last registry action: August 19, 1998
- Mode S code: A0604F
- Owner when cancelled: [Rader Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RADER%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Summersville, WV](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/WV/Summersville)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 38.2655° N, 80.9937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 26651, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123RA
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=123RA
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123RA-2001-03-13

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Cessna 310R: https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r.md

## Service difficulty reports (5)

Matched to this aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model.

- [SDR 2000ZZZX640](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/2000ZZZX640), Feb 3, 2000: PUMP. FAILED. PILOT REPORTED THE HEATER WAS INOPERATIVE. TROUBLESHOOTING FOUND THE HEATER FUEL PUMP HAD FAILED, AND THAT IT WAS PUMPING FUEL OUT AROUND THE PUMP SHAFT. (X)
- [SDR 97ZZZX4032](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX4032), Aug 13, 1997: ELT. WEAK. DURING ROUTINE ELT CHECK, FOUND THE ELT HAD A WEAK SIGNAL. ELT WAS REPAIRED, RECERTIFIED, AND NEW BATTERY BY NARCO ON 12-21-95. BATTERY DUE OFF DATE IS JANUARY 
- [SDR 97ZZZX2883](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX2883), May 29, 1997: COIL. SHORTED. THE FIRST COIL EXPLODED BREAKING OFF THE TOP OF THE IGNITOR AND BREAKING WIRES IN THE IGNITION UNIT SPEWING 'OIL' FROM INSIDE THE COIL THROUGHOUT THE HEATER BAY
- [SDR 97ZZZX1972](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/97ZZZX1972), Apr 16, 1997: COIL. EXPLODED. HEATER FOUND INOPERABLE. FOUND THE IGNITION COIL HAD EXPLODED. THE END CAP HAD COME OFF WITH ENOUGH FORCE THAT IT BENT THE IGNITER OVER; THE OPPOSITE REACTION C
- [SDR 96ZZZX2565](https://openairdocs.org/sdr/96ZZZX2565), Apr 30, 1996: STUD. OVER TORQUE. THESE MCCAULEY PROPELLERS COME PLACARDED TO LUBE TORQUE TO 40-45 FEET/POUNDS. THE CESSNA MM SPECIFIES 80-85 FEET/POUNDS DRY TORQUE. THE CESSNA TECH SAID BOTH AR

## NTSB investigations (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 NYC01FA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC01FA064), Jan 8, 2001: Cessna 310R (N123RA), Bluefield, WV, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to execute the published missed approach procedure. A factor was heavy snowfall during the approach.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20010108039379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010108039379A), Jan 8, 2001: Cessna 310R (N123RA), Bluefield, WV, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) Aircraft had been cleared for an ILS approach to runway 23 at blf (Bluefield, WV). The aircraft strayed off course for unknown reasons and impacted…

## Other aircraft with N123RA

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N123RA): Dassault/Sud FAN JET FALCON, S/N 30, built 1966
- [Cancelled 1989-01-13](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123RA-1989-01-13): Piper PA-28R-201, S/N 28R7837045. Triennial form not returned

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