# Incident 20060422005139I: Cessna 310D, Pueblo, CO, April 22, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2006, 14:10 local time
- Place: Pueblo, CO
- Airport: Pueblo Memorial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.2899° N, 104.4980° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PUEBLO MEML (PUB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2899&lon=-104.4980&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6981T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6981T-2018-01-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060422005139I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PRIVATE, MULT-ENGINE RATED PILOT WITH TWO PASSENGERS WAS TAXIING TO RW 8L AT PUEBLO MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, COLORADO, WITH INTENT TO TAKEOFF FOR A PLEASURE FLIGHT. DURING TAXI THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEEL AND BRAKE ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE STRUT. INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE WELD APPEARED TO HAVE FAILED AT THE POINT WHERE THE LOWER CASTING ATTACHES TO THE STRUT ASSEMBLY. THE RIGHT PROPELLER SUSTAINED DAMAGE AND THE RIGHT WING TIP FUEL TANK WAS DAMAGED AND RUPTURED. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND NO INJURIES. AN M OR D REPORT IS PLANNED TO BE FILED.

## Other reports on N6981T (2)

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

- [Incident 20070405004199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070405004199I), Apr 5, 2007: Cessna 310D (N6981T), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) On April 5, 2007 a private pilot with asel, amel and instrument ratings had the left main landing gear collapse during roll out on runway 08 at ftg.…
- [Accident 20000813015489A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000813015489A), Aug 13, 2000: Cessna 310D (N6981T), Denver, CO, No damage. (-23) During the approach to rwy 26 at ftg Mr. Brannon, the pilot of N6981T, was distracted by another a/c who had made a radio call informing other a/c that…

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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