# Incident 20090226005219I: Cessna 310R, Bullhead City, AZ, February 26, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2009, 18:30 local time
- Place: Bullhead City, AZ
- Airport: Laughlin/Bullhead International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: N3BA
- Location: 35.1546° N, 114.5593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAUGHLIN/BULLHEAD INTL (IFP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1546&lon=-114.5593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N610Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N610Z-2020-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,440 total, 550 in this make and model, 295 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090226005219I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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