# Incident 19980310005399I: Cessna 310R, Kansas City, MO, March 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 1998, 06:50 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSXA
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6160X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6160X-2018-05-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 400 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980310005399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: INCIDENT NUMBER CE98IGA0038, AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MKC HAD DROP IN FUEL PRESSURE AND POWER LOSS, RETURNED TO MKC LANDED WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE FOUND WATER (ICE) IN FUEL SYSTEM, DRAINED ENTIRE AIRCRAFT, REFUELED AND RETURNED AIRCRAFT TO SERVICE. NO PROBLEMS ON SUBSEQUENT FLIGHTS.

## Other reports on N6160X (4)

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

- [Incident 20010227005409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010227005409I), Feb 27, 2001: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was flying from tol to grr when he went to put the landing gear down to land at grr, he heard a popping sound. The nose gear was not indicating…
- [Incident 19980302006629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980302006629I), Mar 2, 1998: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Omaha, NE. Narrative: aircraft inbound to Omaha, NE when pilot did not get rmlg green light. Aircraft landed safely. Maintenance replaced the rmlg downlock microswitch.
- [Incident 19920127001129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920127001129I), Jan 27, 1992: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Des Moines, IA, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up. He stated he put gear down over outer marker.
- [Accident 19901029061482A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901029061482A), Oct 29, 1990: Cessna 310R (N6160X), Columbus, OH, Substantial damage. While holding for takeoff wing of a taxiing DC9 N972VJ struck vertical stabilizer. DC9 taxiing on adjacent taxiway.

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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