# Accident 20160728024879A: Cessna 310B, Columbia, CA, July 28, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 2016, 17:40 local time
- Place: Columbia, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Rotation
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0312° N, 120.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Columbia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0312&lon=-120.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6605B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6605B-2018-02-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310B (registry code 2074208, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR O-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160728024879A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 28, 2016  AT 17.40 LOCAL TIME N6605B A CESSNA 310 WITH 4 PEOPLE ONBOARD WAS DEPARTING THE COLUMBIA AIRPORT, CA.  THE AIRCRAFT WASS FULLY LOADED WHEN JUST AFTER ROTATION THE AIRCRAFT VEERED TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY WHILE RETRACTING THE MAIN GEAR  AND MAINTAINED  40 FEET AS IT CONTINUED TO GET OFF COURSE.THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH A BOULDER CATCHING ON FIRE.   THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLIDE FORWARD UNTIL TO HIT A REFUELING TRUCK WITH ITS RIGHT WING.

INVESTIGATION STILL ONGOING

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N6605B (2)

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

- [Incident 20030802018759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030802018759I), Aug 2, 2003: Cessna 310B (N6605B), Tooele, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Inspector bryan neville responded to a report of a gear up landing at Tooele valley airport. Upon arrival he discovered N6605B off the side of the runway…
- [Accident 19750914030439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750914030439A), Sep 14, 1975: Cessna 310B (N6605B), Oakland, CA, Substantial damage. Nose gr fender ctcd door & pulled it into wheel well.

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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