# Incident 20180123001139I: Cessna 310R, New Ulm, MN, January 23, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2018, 07:33 local time
- Place: New Ulm, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W1XA
- Location: 44.3121° N, 94.4689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Ulm, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.3121&lon=-94.4689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3640G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3640G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,400 total, 700 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180123001139I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS ENROUTE FROM KFSD TO KANE AND WAS REQUIRED TO DIVERT.  AIRCRAFT DESCENDED INTO KULM AND LANDED NORMALLY.  AIRCRAFT IMPACTED SOME HARD PACKED SNOW THAT WAS BLOWING THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.  THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN IT IMPACTED A SNOW DRIFT AND FOLDED UNDERNEATH THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PROPELLERS FROM BOTH ENGINES HIT THE GROUND AS IT CAME TO A STOP.  DAMAGE WAS CONTAINED TO ENGINES AND NOSE LANDING GEAR.  PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURIES.

## Other reports on N3640G (1)

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

- [Incident 20151119020989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151119020989I), Nov 19, 2015: Cessna 310R (N3640G), Anoka, MN, Minor damage. After departing ane, aircraft encountered a flock of birds at 4000' approximately 15 miles sw of ane. Aircraft returned to ane without further incident.

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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