# Accident 20060914020529A: Cessna 310P, Kennett, MO, September 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2006, 14:30 local time
- Place: Kennett, MO
- Airport: Kennett Memorial Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.2267° N, 90.0367° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.2267&lon=-90.0367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5858M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5858M-2013-06-27) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470VO
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total, 25 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI06LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA262) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060914020529A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING ON RWY 02 AT KENNETT MEMORIAL AIRPORT (TKX), KENNETT, MO. UPON LANDING THE PILOT REPORTED TOUCHING DOWN AT APPROX. 70 MPH AS STATED IN THE AFM WHEN HE NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH THE LEFT MAIN GEAR. IT APPEARED TO COLLAPSE AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP BETWEEN THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY AND RWY 02. THE LOWER PISTON ASSEMBLY APPEARED TO HAVE ROTATED 180 DEG COUNTERCLOCKWISE. AN EXAMINATION OF THE SCENE SHOWED SKID MARKS FROM THE RIGHT MLG APPROX. 500' FROM THE RUNWAY APPROACH END AND THEN CORRESPONDING LEFT MAIN SKID MARKS PARALLELING THE RIGHT FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET THEN GOING INTO AN S PATTERN. ALL MARKS VEERED TO THE LEFT WHERE THE LEFT WING/GEAR DEPARTED THE RUNWAY AND CONTINUED TO SLIDE BOTH ON THE GRASS AND RUNWAY WHERE IT TORE OUT THREE TAXIWAY LIGHTS, CROSSED AN INTERSECTING TAXIWAY, CONTINUED FOR NEARLY 75' BEFORE EXITING THE RUNWAY WHERE THE RIGHT MLG DUG A TRENCH NEARLY 100' LONG BEFORE BEING PULLED FROM THE UPPER STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE FOR ABOUT 75' BEFORE STOPPING. TOTAL CAPTURE MARKS WERE NEARLY 1500' LONG. THE LEFT MLG INITIALLY COLLAPSED INBOARD THEN AT SOME POINT WAS PULLED OUTBOARD SUPPORTING THE WING. NUMEROUS PROP STRIKES WERE NOTED.

## 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 CHI06LA262](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI06LA262), Sep 14, 2006: Cessna 310P (N5858M), Kennett, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: Separation of the left main landing gear torque link during landing resulting in a loss of control and runway excursion. Contributing factors were a failure to comply with the airframe manufacturer's…

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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