# Incident 20101030048769I: Cessna 310, Springfield, VT, October 30, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 2010, 12:30 local time
- Place: Springfield, VT
- Airport: Hartness State (Springfield)
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.3437° N, 72.5173° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HARTNESS STATE (SPRINGFIELD) (VSF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.3437&lon=-72.5173&mi=10
- Aircraft: N131X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N131X-2018-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,050 total, 230 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20101030048769I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PREPARING TO MOVE AIRCRAFT FROM VSF TO LEB. HE HAD NOT RECENTLY FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT, SO HE WANTED TO DO A FEW LOCAL LANDINGS BEFORE PROCEEDING TO LEB. HE MADE ONE LANDING AND TAKE-OFF AND WAS ON APPROACH FOR HIS SECOND LANDING ON RUNWAY 23 (5498 X 100, PAVED). HE STATED THE CROSSWIND WAS FROM 290 DEGREES AT 12-15 WITH GUSTS TO 25.  THERE WERE ALSO GLIDER OPERATIONS IN THE AREA. ON SHORT APPROACH HE WAS CARRYING MORE POWER THAN USUAL. WHEN HE FINALLY PULLED THE POWER BACK, HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN JUST AS THE PROPS STRUCK AND THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED. HE WAS ALONE, ADMITTED HE FORGOT GEAR - NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO PROPS, FLAPS AND BELLY SKINS.

## Other reports on N131X (1)

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

- [Accident 20150128001289A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150128001289A), Jan 28, 2015: Cessna 310 (N131X), Rothville, MO, Substantial damage. Aircraft departed tyler, Texas (kjdd) at approximately 2230 local time on January 27, 2015 with destination of pittsburg, PA. At approximately 0400 local time…

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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