# Accident 20020809022999A: Cessna 310N, Grand Junction, CO, August 9, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 2002, 14:58 local time
- Place: Grand Junction, CO
- Airport: Walker Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1101° N, 108.5293° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1101&lon=-108.5293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111KC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N111KC-2003-04-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA093) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020809022999A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR. QUISENBERRY WAS PROVIDING MULTIENGINE DUAL INSTRUCTION TO MR. HOUGHTON IN THE AIRCRAFT. THEY HAD DEPARTED GLENWOOD SPRINGS AIRPORT AROUND 0930 HRS THE DAY OF THE ACCIDENT. AFTER COMPLETING SEVERAL LEGS OF A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT THEY ARRIVED BACK AT GLENWOOD SPRINGS AROUND 1400 HRS AND WERE GOING TO PERFORM A SHORT FIELD LANDING. MR. HOUGHTON WAS FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. ON SHORT FINAL TO RUNWAY 32 THE AIRCRAFT DEVELOPED A HIGH SINK RATE. FULL POWER WAS ADDED BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY HARD. IT BECAME AIRBORNE AGAIN AS A RESULT OF THE POWER APPLICATION. THE GEAR WAS NOT RAISED AS MR. QUISENBERRY THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE DAMAGED. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR WAS OBSERVED TRAILING BEHIND THE RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO RIFLE, CO. BUT ONCE THERE, THE DECISION WAS MADE TO GO TO GRAND JUNCTION BECAUSE OF BETTER CRASH RESCUE FACILITIES. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FELL OFF NEAR RIFLE. ONCE AT GRAND JUNCTION, THE GEAR WAS RAISED FOR A GEAR UP LANDING RATHER THAN LAND WITH ONE MAIN GEAR MISSING. ON FINAL ENGINE AND PROPS WERE SECURED AND AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED GEAR UP.

## 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 DEN02LA093](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA093), Aug 9, 2002: Cessna 310N (N111KC), Grand Junction, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The dual student's inadequate aircraft control resulting in a hard landing. Contributing factors include, the dual student's inadequate airspeed and high flare, the inadequate supervision by the…

## Other reports on N111KC (1)

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

- [Accident 20001014028549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001014028549A), Oct 14, 2000: Cessna 310N (N111KC), Montrose, CO, No damage. (-23)According to the NTSB report and the pilot, he was practicing landings in his Cessna 310, at Montrose regional airport in Montrose, CO. When he made a…

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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