# Incident 20131221025279I: Cessna 310L, Santa Rosa, CA, December 21, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 21, 2013, 13:42 local time
- Place: Santa Rosa, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.4405° N, 122.7144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Rosa, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4405&lon=-122.7144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3315X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3315X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO-470 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,992 total, 1,425 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131221025279I

## Narrative

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

ON DEC 21, 2013 THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) DURING LANDING AT APPROXIMATLEY 14:30 HOURS AT AN ALTITUDE OF APPROIMATELY 500 AGL THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A BIRD DURING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 32. THE BIRD HIT THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING CAUSED MINOR CRACKS AND WRINKLING OF THE COWLING. THE PICPILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENTS AND INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT. HIS A/P INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND DETERMINED THAT THE DAMAGE WAS VERY MINOR AND WOULD BE EASLY REPAIRED.

## Other reports on N3315X (2)

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

- [Incident 19930831039699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930831039699I), Aug 31, 1993: Cessna 310L (N3315X), Santa Rosa, CA, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed gear up. Pilot stated flap problem and lost radio communication.
- [Incident 19820519027999I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820519027999I), May 19, 1982: Cessna 310 (N3315X), Half Moon Bay, CA, Minor damage. Placed gear lever in neutral in place of down position. CFI failed to correct. Landed gear up.

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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