# Incident 20061013021039I: Cessna 310Q, El Paso, TX, October 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 13, 2006, 08:53 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: El Paso International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 31.8073° N, 106.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EL PASO INTL (ELP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8073&lon=-106.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N591DM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N591DM-2017-03-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,305 total, 5 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/20061013021039I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 13, 2006, THE PILOT, SOLE OCCUPANT OF N591DM, A CESSNA TWIN ENGINE MODEL CE-310Q, SERIAL NUMBER 310Q0006, LANDED WITHOUT THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED ON RUNWAY 22 AT THE EL PASO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0853 LOCAL. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. THE FUSELAGE, PROPELLERS, NACELLES WERE DAMAGED FROM SKIDDING ON THE RUNWAY. THE LANDING GEAR, DOORS, AND RETRACTABLE STEP SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE DUE TO BEING IN-TRANSIT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE RUNWAY, HOWEVER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS FOUND TO HAVE THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE CIRCUIT BREAKER TO THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATION MOTOR POPPED AND THE LANDING NOT IN THE FULL UP-AND-LOCKED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE LANDING GEAR EMERGENCY HAND CRANK WAS OPERATED TO LOWER THE GEAR WITHOUT RESISTANCE. LATER, THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR WHERE THE LANDING GEAR WAS CYCLED UP AND DOWN WITH NO MALFUNCTIONS AND THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS AND AURAL WARNING DEVICE WAS FOUND TO WORK PROPERLY AS WELL.

## Other reports on N591DM (1)

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

- [Incident 20080330014189I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080330014189I), Mar 30, 2008: Cessna 310Q (N591DM), Price, UT, Minor damage. (-23) On 03/30/2008 at 1950Z a Cessna 310Q, N591DM, landed at Price, UT (puc) rwy 18, and during rollout the private pilot reported that as he cleaned up the…

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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