# Accident 19800730030489A: Cessna T310R, Clayton, NM, July 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 30, 1980, 08:50 local time
- Place: Clayton, NM
- Airport: Clayton
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 36.4460° N, 103.1489° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clayton, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4460&lon=-103.1489&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3161M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3161M-2007-02-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,663 total, 40 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FQA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA38) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800730030489A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT REPORTED LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. RAISED GEAR TO STAY ON RUNWAY. NO EVIDENCE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 FTW80FQA38](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FQA38), Jul 30, 1980: Cessna 310 (N3161M), Clayton, NM, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3161M (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20040515013339A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040515013339A), May 15, 2004: Cessna 310R (N3161M), Willoughby, OH, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On may 15, 2004, about 0523 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 310R, N3161M, was destroyed when it impacted the terrain, shortly after takeoff from Lost…

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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