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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310H · Manassas, VA · July 16, 2015

Date: July 16, 2015 · 02:07 local
Place: Manassas, VA
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N600RR
Reported as: Cessna 310H
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Airline transport

N600RRRegistered now · Cessna 310HS/N 310H0108 · Built 1963 Airframe modelCessna 310H Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

In a written statement from the PIC:

Returning from obx, no abnormalities, filed IFR, IMC time out of obx. Visual to 34L. Tower cleared to land. Straight in approach with no changes to configuration, 2 degrees flaps. Selected gear down at 700 feet, then full flaps. Ran checklist but did not verify green light or mirror. Felt touchdown but no wheels. Tower said "go around" but with the blades hitting, decided not to go around.

Master off, left mags on, mixtures up.

PIC and passenger then safely departed the aircraft without injury.

As the FAA filed it

IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM THE PIC:

RETURNING FROM OBX, NO ABNORMALITIES, FILED IFR, IMC TIME OUT OF OBX. VISUAL TO 34L. TOWER CLEARED TO LAND. STRAIGHT IN APPROACH WITH NO CHANGES TO CONFIGURATION, 2 DEGREES FLAPS. SELECTED GEAR DOWN AT 700 FEET, THEN FULL FLAPS. RAN CHECKLIST BUT DID NOT VERIFY GREEN LIGHT OR MIRROR. FELT TOUCHDOWN BUT NO WHEELS. TOWER SAID "GO AROUND" BUT WITH THE BLADES HITTING, DECIDED NOT TO GO AROUND.

MASTER OFF, LEFT MAGS ON, MIXTURES UP.

PIC AND PASSENGER THEN SAFELY DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.