# Accident 20000314039889A: Cessna 310D, Savoonga, AK, March 14, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2000, 14:35 local time
- Place: Savoonga, AK
- Airport: Savoonga Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 27.1893° N, 80.1908° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.1893&lon=-80.1908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6744T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6744T-2018-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA00FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000314039889A

## Narrative

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

(-23)STUART TWR CLEARED N6744T FOR RIGHT BASE RWY 07 WHEN IT WAS APPROX. 7 MI. SOUTH OF APT. AS IT WAS INITIATING TURN TO FINAL, WING TIP COLLIDED WITH WING TIP OF A BEECH A36, N51ML THAT HAD NOT BEEN ABLE TO TRANSMIT ITS HAND-OFF TO STUART TOWER FROM PALM BEACH APP. IN AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN, BUT DIRECTED TO CONTACT THE STUART TOWER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA00FA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA00FA107), Mar 14, 2000: Cessna 310D (N6744T), Stuart, FL, minor damage. Probable cause: the failure of both pilots to maintain an adequate visual lookout, resulting in both airplanes colliding in flight. Contributing to the accident were: 1) inadequate approach/departure control service…

## Other reports on N6744T (3)

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

- [Incident 20021108030989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021108030989I), Nov 8, 2002: Cessna 310D (N6744T), Wellington, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot statement: at approximately 1500 EST on 8 November 2002, I was returning to my home base at Wellington aero club, FL. The weather was VFR, with…
- [Incident 19950118005329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950118005329I), Jan 18, 1995: Cessna 310D (N6744T), Cocoa Beach, FL. Narrative: on January 18, 1995, at approximately 1530 EST N8744T a Cessna 310 landed at Patrick Afb without having obtained a landing clearance. The incident…
- [Incident 19900908059429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900908059429I), Sep 8, 1990: Cessna 310D (N6744T), Sylvania, GA, Minor damage. Unable to get gear retracted safe light. Made a nose gear up landing. Push tube rod was bent and kinked.

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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