# Accident 20011115037799A: Cessna T310R, Madison, MS, November 15, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 15, 2001, 09:00 local time
- Place: Madison, MS
- Airport: Bruce Campbell Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4386° N, 90.1031° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4386&lon=-90.1031&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2642Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2642Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA02LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011115037799A

## Narrative

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

(.4) ON NOVEMBER 15, 2001, ABOUT 0900 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA T310R, N2642Y, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, WAS LANDED GEAR UP AT BRUCE CAMPBELL FIELD, MADISON, MISSISSIPPI, WHILE ON A 14 CFR PART 91 BUSINESS FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRPLANE RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PRIVATE-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM WINONA, MISSISSIPPI, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 0830. THE PILOT STATED HE WAS PLANNING TO APPROACH AND LAND ON RUNWAY 35 AT MADISON COUNTY AIRPORT, WHEN HE WAS INFORMED OF THE WINDS BY FAA, JACKSON APPROACH CONTROL. HE THEN DECIDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 17. THIS PLACED HIM HIGHER ON THE APPROACH. HE LOWERED THE WING FLAPS AND LANDING GEAR AND APPROACHED AT A STEEPER ANGLE AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL SPEED. THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED AS THE PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY DURING THE LANDING FLARE AND TOUCHDOWN. HE BELIEVES THAT WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, HE PLACED THE HANDLE IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION INSTEAD OF THE DOWN POSITION.                                                                                                                                   (-23) CESSNA T310R. M2642Y, S/N 310R1684, LANDED GEAR UP AT MBO. SUBSTANTIAL AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

## 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 MIA02LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA02LA016), Nov 15, 2001: Cessna T310R (N2642Y), Madison, MS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to verify that the landing gear was down and locked prior to landing resulting in the airplane being landed with the landing gear retracted.

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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