# Incident 19810125001699I: Cessna 310F, Andalusia, AL, January 25, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 25, 1981, 11:00 local time
- Place: Andalusia, AL
- Airport: Andalusia
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.3094° N, 86.4780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Andalusia, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3094&lon=-86.4780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5838X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5838X-1988-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310F (registry code 2074216, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,633 total, 75 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810125001699I

## Narrative

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

STUDENT PILOT WAS MAKING A PRACTICE SINGLE ENGINE LANDING. AIRCRAFT STRUCK GROUND IN LEFT CRAB LEFT WHEEL CAME OFF.

## Other reports on N5838X (1)

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

- [Accident 19850514016999A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850514016999A), May 14, 1985: Cessna 310F (N5838X), Marfa, TX, Destroyed. Black smoke from right engine on takeoff. Made a 180, descended, wing struck ground. Many engine discrepancies.

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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