# Accident 20031221036509A: Cessna 310P, Crystal River, FL, December 21, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2003, 13:05 local time
- Place: Crystal River, FL
- Airport: Crystal River Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.8678° N, 82.5744° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8678&lon=-82.5744&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5811M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5811M-2008-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,300 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA04LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA036) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031221036509A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 21, 2003, AT 1305 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 310P, N5811M, REGISTERED TO CRYSTAL AERO GROUP, INC, HAD A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE DURING LANDING, WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, AT CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT, FLORIDA. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT CRYSTAL RIVER AIRPORT (CGC).

## 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 MIA04LA036](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA04LA036), Dec 21, 2003: Cessna 310P (N5811M), Crystal River, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance by company maintenance personnel, which resulted in operation of the airplane with a deflated nose landing gear strut, which resulted in the nose gear failing to lock in…

## Other reports on N5811M (1)

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

- [Incident 20030522014869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030522014869I), May 22, 2003: Cessna 310P (N5811M), Crystal River, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On may 22, 2003 at 09:35 local time, a Cessna 310P nose gear collapsed during landing at Crystal River airport (X31) while on a personal flight. Visual…

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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