# Incident 20160720012479I: Cessna 310, Avalon, CA, July 20, 2016 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: July 20, 2016, 17:40 local time - Place: Avalon, CA - Airport: Catalina Airport - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Taxi - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 33.4050° N, 118.4158° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CATALINA (AVX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4050&lon=-118.4158&mi=10 - Aircraft: N116BG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N116BG) (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: 2 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160720012479I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ON JULY 20, 2016, AT ABOUT 1745 PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME (PDT) A CESSNA MODEL 310, U.S. REGISTRATION NUMBER N116BG SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE WHILE INITIATING A LEFT TURN ONTO THE MAIN TAXI WAY PARALLELING RUNWAY 22 AFTER LANDING ROLLOUT AT CATALINA AIRPORT (KAVX) IN AVALON, CALIFORNIA. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE ON BOARD THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES TO THE OCCUPANTS. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. ON JULY 22, 2016, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 PDT I WAS NOTIFIED BY THE FLM OF AN AIRCRAFT INCIDENT AT KAVX AIRPORT INVOLVING U.S. REGISTERED AIRCRAFT N116BG. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES OR INJURIES REPORTED AT THAT TIME. ON JULY 22, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1530 PDT I CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VIA LANDLINE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS A CO-OWNER OF THE INVOLVED AIRCRAFT AND ERRONEOUSLY IDENTIFIED BY THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER AS THE PILOT IN COMMAND (PIC) OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^INFORMED ME THAT HIS BROTHER^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHO IS ALSO A CO-OWNER AIRCRAFT WAS THE PIC AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. HE ALSO INFORMED ME THAT HIS BROTHER^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^WHO IS RATED AS AN FAA AIR TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP), AND IS ALSO EMPLOYED AS A CORPORATE PILOT HAD JUST LEFT ON A BUSINESS TRIP AND WOULD NOT BE RETURNING TO HIS DOMICILE UNTIL AUGUST 3, 2016. I CONTACTE^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ VIA EMAIL REQUESTING A STATEMENT AS TO WHAT HAD TRANSPIRED. ON JULY 26, 2016,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^CONTACTED ME VIA LANDLINE. DURING OUR SUBSEQUENT CONVERSATION^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^INFORMED ME THAT HE DID HAVE A PASSENGER ON BOARD WHO WAS NOT INJURED AT THE TIME. HE ALSO STATED THE EVENTS WHICH PRECEDED THE INCIDENT WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: ON JULY 20, 2016, PDT AT APPROXIMATELY 1743 PDT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^LANDED AT KAVX ON RUNWAY 22. ACCORDING TO^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^THE LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT ROLLOUT WAS NORMAL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^STATE THAT HE CLEARED THE RUNWAY TURNING LEFT ONTO THE SHORT TAXIWAY THAT CONNECTS THE RUNWAY TO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. AS HE WAS TURNING HE THINKS HE MAY HAVE HEARD A ?CLUNK? AND IT FELT LIKE THE LEFT RUDDER WASN?T TURNING FULLY. HE APPLIED SLIGHT LEFT BRAKE TO CONTINUE THE TURN AND AS HE STRAIGHTENED OUT ON THE TAXIWAY THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE ?FELL TO THE GROUND?. CATALINA CONSERVANCY AIRPORT ASSISTANT AIRPORT OPERATIONS MANAGER MR. DENNIS RAYMOND WHO WITNESSED THE INCIDENT STATED THAT ?NOTHING WAS OUT OF THE ORDINARY DURING THE 310?S LANDING? UNTIL THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO TURN ONTO THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP BOTH PASSENGERS EXITED THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS WITH THE TIPS BEING BENT BACK. THE EXTENT OF ENGINE DAMAGE IF ANY IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. IT APPEARS THE BARREL ASSEMBLY (REFERENCE CESSNA ILLUSTRATED PARTS CATALOG, IPC 32-20-00, FIGURE 03, ITEM 1) WHICH ATTACHES TO THE UPPER NOSE GEAR SHOCK STRUT ASSEMBLY (REFERENCE CESSNA IPC 32-20-00, FIGURE 01, ITEM 1) FAILED IN SHEAR AND SEPARATED JUST ABOVE THE BARREL TO HEAD ATTACH PIN (REFERENCE CESSNA IPC 32-20-00, FIGURE 03, ITEM 6). IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE BARREL ASSEMBLY APPEARED TO HAVE CORROSION PRESENT. THE LOWER PART OF THE NOSE GEAR TRUNNION (REFERENCE IPC 32-20-00, FIGURE 02, ITEM 1) JUST BELOW THE DRAG LINK ASSEMBLY (REFERENCE IPC 32-30-00, FIGURE 05, ITEM 1) WAS DAMAGED AS WELL. THE ENTIRE NOSE GEAR SHOCK STRUT ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE NOSE WHEEL ASSEMBLY CAME TO REST JUST SLIGHTLY FORWARD AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE UPPER PART OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT PARTIALLY RESTING ON THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS. IT APPEARS THE GEAR DOORS AND FUSELAGE SUSTAINED LITTLE IF ANY DAMAGE WHICH IS IN THE FORM OF MINOR SCRAPES ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. IN CONCLUSION, THE INVESTIGATION DID NOT DISCOVER ANY VERIFIABLE ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS OR PILOT ACTIONS WHICH COULD BE CONSTRUED AS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF THE INCIDENT. IT APPE 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.