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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310F · Laredo, TX · August 22, 2012

Date: August 22, 2012 · 13:52 local
Place: Laredo, TX
Airport: Laredo International
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6706X
Reported as: Cessna 310F
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,671 total310 in this make and model9 in the last 90 days

N6706XRegistration cancelled May 18, 2018 · Cessna 310FS/N 310-0006 Airframe modelCessna 310F Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

On aug. 22, 2012, a Cessna 310 landed gear up at the Laredo International Airport after doing a touch and go. On the second go around the PIC, flying in the right seat, states he could not see the landing gear lights from the right seat and assumed the landing gear was still down. The aircraft skidded on its belly 260 yards leaving 27 prop strikes before coming to a stop. There were no injuries to either pilot onboard. Inspector david benningfield was in Laredo at the time of the incident and was able to ask the aircraft owner to lower the gear after the aircraft was hoisted off the runway and moved to the ramp.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUG. 22, 2012, A CESSNA 310 LANDED GEAR UP AT THE LAREDO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AFTER DOING A TOUCH AND GO. ON THE SECOND GO AROUND THE PIC, FLYING IN THE RIGHT SEAT, STATES HE COULD NOT SEE THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS FROM THE RIGHT SEAT AND ASSUMED THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON ITS BELLY 260 YARDS LEAVING 27 PROP STRIKES BEFORE COMING TO A STOP.THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER PILOT ONBOARD.INSPECTOR DAVID BENNINGFIELD WAS IN LAREDO AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT AND WAS ABLE TO ASK THE AIRCRAFT OWNER TO LOWER THE GEAR AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS HOISTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND MOVED TO THE RAMP.