# Incident 20001214025079I: Cessna 310I, Phoenix, AZ, December 14, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 2000, 08:34 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8071M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8071M) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001214025079I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED DEER VALLEY APT (DVT) AT ROTATION HE HEARD A LOUD BANG ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE A/C. HE DID NOT HAVE ANY RUNWAY AHEAD SO HE CONTINUED TO CLIMB. THE A/C WANTED TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND NO VIBRATION NOTED. HE CONTACTED THE TOWER AND ADVISED THEM. THEY CLEARED HIM TO LAND. AT 2500' MSL (1000' AGL) HE REDUCED POWER ON BOTH ENGINES. HE NOTED VIBRATION STARTING AT THIS TIME. HE TURNED LEFT TO LAND ON RWY 25L. HE SET FLAPS TO 15 DEG AND GEAR DOWN. GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED GREEN. APPRX 1/8 MILE ON FINAL. HE HAD SEVERE VIBRATION ON LEFT SIDE, OVER THE FENCE HE SHUT DOWN THE LEFT ENGINE AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE LEFT SIDE OF THE A/C WAS INSPECTED ABOUT 1 INCH OF THE LEFT PROP WAS MISSING. THE SPINNER WAS MISSING. THE COUNTER WEIGHT IN THE SPINNER PUNCTURED THE NOSE AND BROKE 2 RIBS. SKIN DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED. THE NOSE GEAR WAS DAMAGED BY DEBRIS..END..

## Other reports on N8071M (2)

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

- [Accident 19781020038209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781020038209A), Oct 20, 1978: Cessna T310R (N8071M), Yuma, AZ, Substantial damage. Emergency exit window popped out dmgg r horizontal stab.
- [Accident 19760820024849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760820024849A), Aug 20, 1976: Cessna 310I (N8071M), Farmington, NM, Substantial damage. Explosion in belly of acft while warming up on ramp fuel leaked from main fuel strainer

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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