# Accident 20151023023082A: Cessna 310C, Primm, NV, October 23, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2015, 10:15 local time
- Place: Primm, NV
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5872° N, 115.4636° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5872&lon=-115.4636&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310CD-2024-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 7 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA016) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151023023082A

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 1700Z (1000 PDT) TWO GENERAL AVIATION AIRCRAFT COLLIDED IN FLIGHT NEAR PRIMM, NV, APPROXIMATELY 29 NM SSW OF HENDERSON, NV.  THE COLLISION INVOLVED A CESSNA 310C AIRCRAFT, N310CD, AND A PIPER PA-28 ARROW AIRCRAFT, N9475N.

N310CD SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER AND THAT N9475N ALSO SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE INBOARD RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

N310CD, WITH TWO SOULS ON BOARD, LANDED SAFELY AT THE HENDERSON EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KHND).  N9475N, WITH ONE SOUL ON BOARD, LANDED SAFELY ON A DRY LAKE BED IN CALIFORNIA NEAR PRIMM, NV.  NONE OF THE OCCUPANTS OF EITHER AIRCRAFT WERE INJURED.  BOTH AIRCRAFT ARE BASED AT THE KHND.

N9475N RIGHT HAND FUEL TANK DEPLETED OF FUEL DURING COLLISION. COLLISION SEVERED THE MAIN FUEL LINE FROM RH FUEL TANK TO ENGINE. CAUSING AIRCRAFT TO LOOSE POWER, DUE TO FUEL STARVATION. AIRCRAFT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON DRY LAKE BED, ON THE CALIFORNIA SIDE OF THE STATE LINE BETEEN NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA AT PRIMM.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N9475N, Piper PA-28R-200: [Accident 20151023019362A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151023019362A)

## 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 WPR16LA016](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA016), Oct 23, 2015: Cessna 310C (N310CD), Primm, NV, substantial damage. Probable cause: The inadequate visual lookout by the pilots of both airplanes, which resulted in a midair collision. Contributing to the accident was the pilots' failure to tune to, monitor, and communicate over the…

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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