# Incident 20051021027999I: Cessna 310L, Castroville, TX, October 21, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2005, 10:45 local time
- Place: Castroville, TX
- Airport: Castroville Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: GL8S
- Location: 29.3424° N, 98.8512° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CASTROVILLE MUNI (CVB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3424&lon=-98.8512&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3346X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3346X-2018-03-13) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470V
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 450 total, 90 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20051021027999I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 21, 2005, A CESSNA 310, REGISTRATION NUMBER N3346X, S/N 310L-0196, LOST ITS RIGHT BRAKE AS IT WAS TURNING TO THE RIGHT ONTO THE RUNWAY. THE PLANE TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET BEFORE FALLING INTO A CULVERT (DITCH) AND DAMAGED THE NOSE GEAR AS IT TRAVELED 10 MORE FEET AND STOPPED. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN AND ONLY THE PROP BLADES SUFFERED DAMAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION. THERE WAS NO POST FIRE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N3346X (1)

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

- [Incident 19870417030079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870417030079I), Apr 17, 1987: Cessna 310L (N3346X), Cahokia, IL, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Unsafe light prior to landing. Drive tube had bent preventing extension.

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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