# Incident 20000202002879I: Cessna 310R, Great Falls, MT, February 2, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2000, 07:25 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: EFUA
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5043J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5043J-2002-09-11) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,400 total, 1,350 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000202002879I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES THAT UPON CLEARING THE RUNWAY, HE HEARD A NOISE LIKE A HOLED CYLINDER. THE NOISE WAS APPARENT THROUGHTOUT TAXIING.  UPON REACHING HIS PARKING SPACE, HE PERFORMED ARUNUP TO BETTER DETERMINE WHICH ENGINE WAS AFFECTED IT WAS THE RIGHT ENGINE.

## Other reports on N5043J (1)

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

- [Accident 20011206034089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011206034089A), Dec 6, 2001: Cessna 310R (N5043J), Sidney, MT, No damage. (-23) Pilot reported loss of right engine. Swerved off runway hitting fence. Findings: aircraft departed runway after 425 feet with nose off ground then…

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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