# Incident 20110527012989I: Cessna 310K, Needles, CA, May 27, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 2011, 17:20 local time
- Place: Needles, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8136° N, 114.6266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Needles, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8136&lon=-114.6266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3800X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3800X-2012-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,840 total, 69 in this make and model, 77 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110527012989I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT EXPERIANCED AN ELECTRICAL FAILURE AND LANDED AT NEEDLES AIRPORT CA FOR MAINTENANCE.  AFTER THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEM WAS REPAIRED THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AND EXPERIANCED POWER LOSE IN THE LEFT ENGINE THEN RETURNED TO NEEDLES AIRPORT TO LAND.  THE PILOT STATED HE FORGOT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR PRIOR TO LANDING.

## Other reports on N3800X (1)

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

- [Incident 19870510034549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870510034549I), May 10, 1987: Cessna 310K (N3800X), Athens, GA, Minor damage. VFR pilot filed IFR. Electrical failure en route. Landed gear up. Failed to use manual gear extension.

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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