# Incident 20000117002789I: Cessna 310R, Muscatine, IA, January 17, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 17, 2000, 10:56 local time
- Place: Muscatine, IA
- Airport: Muscatine Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: AIEA
- Location: 41.3679° N, 91.1482° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSCATINE MUNI (MUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3679&lon=-91.1482&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333BS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N333BS-2018-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,204 total, 100 in this make and model, 163 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000117002789I

## Narrative

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

(-5) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RANDOLPH COUNTY AIRPORT, WINCHESTER, IN (I22) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO MUSCATINE, IOWA (MUT). APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES EAST OF MUT AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED FREEZING RAIN WHICH OBSCURED THE PILOT'S FORWARD VISION. AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH. DURING THE APPROACH THE RIGHT ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT WAS ADVISED THE BRAKING ACTION WAS NILL BUT DUE TO THE FAILED ENGINE HE ELECTED TO LAND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. SEVERAL DAYS AFTER THE INCIDENT THE FAILED ENGINE WAS STARTED AND OPERATED NORMALLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N333BS (1)

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

- [Incident 19860828050509I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860828050509I), Aug 28, 1986: Cessna 310R (N333BS), Three Rivers, MI. Engine failed on climbout. Diverted to airport. A connecting rod had failed.

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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