# Incident 20040802026609I: Cessna 310N, Corona, CA, August 2, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 2004, 18:14 local time
- Place: Corona, CA
- Airport: Corona Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8977° N, 117.6024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CORONA MUNI (AJO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8977&lon=-117.6024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N56MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56MB-2007-07-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040802026609I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT IN COMMAND INITIATED A NORMAL APPROACH TO THE CORONA AIRPORT. DURING THE FINAL APPROACH PHASE THE PIC ENCOUNTERED GUSTY WIND CONDITIONS AND MISJUDGED HIS ALTITUDE ON FINAL AND MADE A DECISION TO GO AROUND. DURING THE SECOND APPROACH THE PIC WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO GUSTY CONDITIONS AND FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. THE PIC STATED HE DID NOT USE A WRITTEN CHECKLIST NOR DID HE REMEMBER TO ACCOMPLISH HIS MEMORY ITEMS. THIS WAS A VFR FLIGHT UNDER FAR PT 91 WITH ONE PASSENGER ON BOARD. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS REPORTED AS MINOR WITH NO INJURIES TO THE PIC OR PASSENGER.

## Other reports on N56MB (1)

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

- [Accident 20061027025009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061027025009A), Oct 27, 2006: Cessna 310N (N56MB), Lake Havasu Cit, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) On 10/27/2006, the pilot [privacy data omitted] was operating as pilot in command of N56MB, a Cessna 310 on a flight from john wayne airport in CA to…

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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