# Incident 19980810027199I: Cessna 310L, Bessemer, AL, August 10, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1998, 15:35 local time
- Place: Bessemer, AL
- Airport: Bessemer Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3129° N, 86.9259° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Bessemer Airport (EKY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3129&lon=-86.9259&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2201F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 400 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980810027199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ACCOMPLISHED A NO FLAP CROSSWIND LANDING AT BESSENER AIRPORT. HE DID NOT USE FLAPS DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS (11 KNOT GUSTS BY HIS ESTIMATION). THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS AT BLUE LINE AIRSPEED APPROACHING THE NUMBERS AND LANDED HARD. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY.

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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