# Accident 20121002020999A: Cessna 310I, South Burlingto, VT, October 2, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 2, 2012, 09:00 local time
- Place: South Burlingto, VT
- Airport: Burlington International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4717° N, 73.1531° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4717&lon=-73.1531&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8025M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8025M-2018-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 170 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20121002020999A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 2, 2012, AT APPROXIMATELY 0900 LOCAL TIME, A CESSNA 310I, N8025M WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AT BURLINGTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BTV), SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT, WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXITING RUNWAY 15 ONTO TAXIWAY C. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/PRIVATE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WITH VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILING DURING THE APPROXIMATE ONE HOUR BTV-BTV PLEASURE FLIGHT. THE PILOT STATED THAT AFTER A NORMAL LANDING AND A CONTROLLED ROLL OUT, AS HE WAS IN A RIGHT TURN EXITING THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED UNTO THE LEFT WING.  AS THE LEFT PROPELLER STRUCK THE TARMAC THE AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND ABOUT 180 DEGREES.  IN ADDITION TO SCRAPPING DAMAGE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LEFT WING AND TIP TANK, THE WING UPPER SKIN WAS HEAVILY WRINKLED, THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN WAS WRINKLED AND THERE IS A BUCKLE IN THE FUSELAGE ABOVE THE LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA13LA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA005), Oct 2, 2012: Cessna 310I (N8025M), Burlington, VT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the left main landing gear due to a failure of the left main gear bellcrank pin for reasons that could not be determined because the pieces of the fractured bellcrank pin were not…

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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