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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Bullhead City, AZ · February 26, 2009

Date
February 26, 2009 · 18:30 local
Place
Bullhead City, AZ
Airport
Laughlin/Bullhead International
Phase of flight
Takeoff
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
N3BA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N610Z
Reported as
Cessna 310R
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,440 total550 in this make and model295 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The landing was uneventful. Pilot stated he taxied to the landmark ramp where he met two couriers to pick up their items for shipment. While loading the bags, he looked for any visual anomaly under the left wing. Seeing none, and having three greenlights,he proceeded to depart Bullhead using runway 16 with an intersection departure at alpha 3. The beginning of the takeoff roll was normal but he stated that when he reached speeds somewhere between 50 and 65 knots the left gear collapsed causing the left wing to make contact with the runway and causing a prop strike on the left engine. The plane was traveling too fast to stop quickly and traveling too slowly to lift off so at that point he shut the engines down and rode out the slow departure from the runway where the plane ended up turned 180 degrees from its initial heading and approximatley 100 feet east of the runway. Upon stopping he turned off the fuel supply, magnetos and power and quickly exited the plane fearing a potential fire. After leaving the plane it became obvious there was no fuel leakage.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE LANDING WAS UNEVENTFUL. PILOT STATED HE TAXIED TO THE LANDMARK RAMP WHERE HE MET TWO COURIERS TO PICK UP THEIR ITEMS FOR SHIPMENT. WHILE LOADING THE BAGS, HE LOOKED FOR ANY VISUAL ANOMALY UNDER THE LEFT WING. SEEING NONE, AND HAVING THREE GREENLIGHTS,HE PROCEEDED TO DEPART BULLHEAD USING RUNWAY 16 WITH AN INTERSECTION DEPARTURE AT ALPHA 3. THE BEGINNING OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL WAS NORMAL BUT HE STATED THAT WHEN HE REACHED SPEEDS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 50 AND 65 KNOTS THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE LEFT WING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY AND CAUSING A PROP STRIKE ON THE LEFT ENGINE. THE PLANE WAS TRAVELING TOO FAST TO STOP QUICKLY AND TRAVELING TOO SLOWLY TO LIFT OFF SO AT THAT POINT HE SHUT THE ENGINES DOWN AND RODE OUT THE SLOW DEPARTURE FROM THE RUNWAY WHERE THE PLANE ENDED UP TURNED 180 DEGREES FROM ITS INITIAL HEADING AND APPROXIMATLEY 100 FEET EAST OF THE RUNWAY. UPON STOPPING HE TURNED OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY, MAGNETOS AND POWER AND QUICKLY EXITED THE PLANE FEARING A POTENTIAL FIRE. AFTER LEAVING THE PLANE IT BECAME OBVIOUS THERE WAS NO FUEL LEAKAGE.