# Incident 20151205020629I: Cessna 310, Odessa, TX, December 5, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2015, 13:45 local time
- Place: Odessa, TX
- Airport: Schlemeyer
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.8457° N, 102.3676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Odessa, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.8457&lon=-102.3676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4858B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4858B-2019-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,900 total, 26 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151205020629I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 5, 2015 AT 1345 CST, N4858B, A CESSNA 310, SERIAL NUMBER 35158 PERFORMED AN EMERGENCY LANDING DUE TO A LANDING GEAR FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATING ON A FERRY PERMIT FROM  ANDREWS, TEXAS (E11) ENROUTE TO ODESSA SCHLEMEYER FIELD (KODO). THE PILOT  INITIATED A GEAR UP LANDING IN THE DIRT PARALLEL TO RUNWAY 29. VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS MINIMAL. THE  COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N4858B (2)

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

- [Incident 19810612053619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810612053619I), Jun 12, 1981: Cessna 310B (N4858B), Marshfield, IN, Minor damage. One main gear would not come down and lock. Attempt was made to lower gear manually out gear collapsed on touchdown
- [Incident 19810424028739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810424028739I), Apr 24, 1981: Cessna 310B (N4858B), Stevens Point, WI, Minor damage. During landing rollout aircraft struck a deck causing minor damage.

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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