# Accident 20021012026749A: Cessna 310L, Las Vegas, NV, October 12, 2002 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 12, 2002, 23:15 local time - Place: Las Vegas, NV - Airport: North Las Vegas Air Terminal - Damage: Substantial damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 36.2117° N, 115.1958° W: From the FAA - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2117&lon=-115.1958&mi=10 - Aircraft: N2209F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2209F-2007-05-17) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L - People aboard: 5 - Fatal injuries: 0 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX03LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA006) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021012026749A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23) ON OCTOBER 12, 2002, AT 12:45 PILOT STATED HE DEPARTED NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT (VGT) ON RUNWAY 30L. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF PILOT CONTACTED LAS VEGAS APPROACH AND REQUESTED A TOUCH AND GO AT MCCARRAN. AFTER TOUCH AND GO AT MCCARRAN PILOT WAS VECTORED TO (VGT) AND JUST BEFORE REACHING CLASS E AIRSPACE PILOT WAS TOLD TO SQUAWK VFR AND THAT THERE WAS A CITATION JET IN THE AREA. PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HAD THE CABIN DOOR COME UNLATCHED HE SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT AND CONTINUED TOWARDS VGT. PILOT REPORTED A 3 1/2 MILE LEFT BASE FOR 30L AND STARTED THE LANDING CHECK LIST. CITATION JET INDICATED THAT HE WAS ON THE 1 1/2 MILE LEFT BASE FOR 30L AND THAT HE WOULD LAND FIRST. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO NOTICE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND STOPPED THE CHECK LIST TO FIND TRAFFIC. PILOT CONTINUED THROUGH THE APPROACH CORRIDOR AND MADE A 180 BACK TO ENTER RIGHT BASE FOR 30L. ALREADY AT SLOW SPEED PILOT DID NOT DEPLOY FLAPS, AND THE APPROACH WAS LOW SO PILOT ADDED POWER. AT THE POINT OF TOUCH DOWN PILOT RETARDED POWER LEVERS AND GEAR HORN SOUNDED. PILOT PUSHED POWER LEVER FORWARD FOR GO AROUND AND AIRCRAFT SANK. PROPS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND PILOT COMPLETED LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SLIDE DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE AIRCRAFT'S BELLY. (.19) ON OCTOBER 12, 2002, ABOUT 2320 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310L, N2209F, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT THE NORTH LAS VEGAS AIRPORT, NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEVADA. THE AIRPLANE SLID TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 30L WITH ITS LANDING GEAR FULLY RETRACTED. NEITHER THE COMMERCIAL CERTIFICATED PILOT NOR THE FOUR PASSENGERS WAS INJURED. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL AREA PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE FLIGHT WAS PERFORMED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91, AND IT ORIGINATED FROM THE AIRPORT ABOUT 2245. THE PILOT REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD INVESTIGATOR THAT WHILE PERFORMING HIS PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST HE BECAME DISTRACTED LOOKING FOR TRAFFIC, AND HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS SLIGHTLY LOW ON THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE, SO HE MAINTAINED ENGINE POWER. HE DID NOT NOTICE THAT THE AIRPLANE'S GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT ADDITIONALLY STATED THAT AS HE RETARDED THE ENGINES' THROTTLES FOR LANDING, HE HEARD THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN ACTIVATE. NEARLY 1 SECOND L ATER, THE AIRPLANE S PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY'S SURFACE. THE PILOT ALSO REPORTED THAT HE OWNED AND OPERATED THE AIRPLANE. NO MECHANICAL MALFUNCTIONS WERE EXPERIENCED WITH THE AIRPLANE DURING THE FLIGHT. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT, THE AIRPORT'S AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER HAD CLOSED FOR THE EVENING. FOLLOWING THE ACCIDENT THE LOCAL AIRPORT SECURITY OFFICER AND FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL PERSONNEL (AT ANOTHER AIRPORT) WERE NOTIFIED THAT THE AIRPLANE HAD COME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY AND WAS DISABLED. THE AIRPLANE REMAINED ON THE RUNWAY OVERNIGHT. THE FAA'S FLIGHT SERVICE STATION WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE MISHAP, AND NO NOTICE TO AIRMAN (NOTAM) WAS ISSUED. ABOUT 0545 THE FOLLOWING MORNING (PRIOR TO DAWN), A DEPARTING AIRPLANE REPORTED EXPERIENCING A NEAR MISS WITH THE DISABLED AIRPLANE.  ## 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 LAX03LA006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA006), Oct 13, 2002: Cessna 310L (N2209F), North Las Vegas, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to use the landing checklist due to his diverted attention, which resulted in a wheels-up landing. 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.