# Accident 20130508007499A: Cessna 310R, Bakersfield, CA, May 8, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2013, 15:05 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Airport: Bakersfield Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.3247° N, 118.9958° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3247&lon=-118.9958&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6096C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6096C-2015-05-15) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130508007499A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 8, 2013, ABOUT 1505 PDT, A CESSNA 310R, N6909C, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING LANDING AT BAKERSFIELD MUNI AIRPORT (L45), BAKERSFIELD, CA ON RUNWAY 340 (4,000 FEET BY 75 FEET, CONCRETE) . THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED AT CONCORD, CA (CCR).

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR LANDING ON 340. HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND FLAPS, AND CONFIRMED 3 GREEN GEAR POSITION LIGHTS. HE NOTED THAT THE PATTERN, APPROACH AND LANDING FLARE WERE "NORMAL" AND "UNEVENTFUL."  HE STATED THAT "UPON TOUCHDOWN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO PULL TO THE RIGHT."  HE NOTED THAT HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT BRAKE PRESSURE TO CORRECT THE DEVIATION. HE STATED THAT "HE WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE DIRECTION AS THE PLANE VEERED OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. AT SOME POINT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AND SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT?.

?THE PLANE SKIDDED INTO THE DIRT AND CAME TO A STOP. THE WING TIP TANK DID NOT CONTACT THE GROUND. THE RIGHT PROPELLER DID MAKE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY PRIOR TO ENGINE SHUT DOWN".

THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. A SERIES OF MARKS CONSISTENT WITH TIRE SKID MARKS AND  SLASHES CONSISTENT WITH PROPELLER SLASH MARKS WERE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE CONTINUING TO THE POINT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED.

THE AIRPLANE ALSO IMPACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT AS IT DEPARTED THE PAVEMENT.  THE RIGHT WHEEL AND LOWER STRUT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE UPPER STRUT AND WERE LYING ON THE RUNWAY.

THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE LINKS HAD SEPARATED AT THE CENTER HINGE POINT.

EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR HAD CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE WHEEL WELL AREA INCLUDING THE WHEEL WELL RIBS INBOARD AND OUTBOARD OF THE GEAR ATTACH POINTS.

## 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 WPR13LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA238), May 8, 2013: Cessna 310R (N6096C), Bakersfield, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear link assembly, which resulted in the right main landing gear collapsing during landing.

## Other reports on N6096C (1)

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

- [Accident 19861108054079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861108054079A), Nov 8, 1986: Cessna 310R (N6096C), Belvidere, IL, Substantial damage. The entry door opened on takeoff. The wing tip hit the ground on landing. Instructor was trying to hold door closed

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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