# Incident 19980621019969I: Cessna 310I, Fullerton, CA, June 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1998, 12:09 local time
- Place: Fullerton, CA
- Airport: Fullerton Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8720° N, 117.9798° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FULLERTON MUNI (FUL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8720&lon=-117.9798&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8059M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8059M-2012-07-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 2,200 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980621019969I

## Narrative

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

AFTER SELECTING GEAR DOWN. ELECTRICAL ODOR PRESENT. LANDED WITHOUT USING EMERGENCY GEAR. BATTERYS HAD LOW CHARGE.

## Other reports on N8059M (1)

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

- [Accident 20111125028229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111125028229A), Nov 25, 2011: Cessna 310I (N8059M), Sedona, AZ, Substantial damage. Aircraft landed at sez at 0900 hours. Shortly after landing the aircraft began to drift right. The pilot used ailerons to hold the right wing up until the…

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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