# Accident 20060412009589A: Cessna 310K, Brooksville, FL, April 12, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 12, 2006, 17:45 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Pilot Country Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.4708° N, 82.4556° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.4708&lon=-82.4556&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6981L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6981L-2012-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 150 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060412009589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 12, 2006, AT 1945 LOCAL TIME A CESSNA 310, REGISTERED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OM^ LANDED AT PILOT COUNTRY AIRPORT (X05) IN SPRING HILL, FLORIDA. WHILE LANDING THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATES THE AIRCRAFT STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND HE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND HE STATED HE HAD FULL LEFT RUDDER AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND WENT THROUGH THE GRASS AND COLLIDED WITH SEVERAL ORANGE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE.

## 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 MIA06LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA086), Apr 12, 2006: Cessna 310K (N6981L), Brooksville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The mechanic's improper maintenance that resulted in the right main landing gear's separation from the airplane and an inadvertent loss of control during 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.

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