# Accident 20180720017399A: Cessna 310P, Malden, MO, July 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2018, 16:00 local time
- Place: Malden, MO
- Airport: Malden Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6006° N, 89.9922° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6006&lon=-89.9922&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46CH (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA446) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180720017399A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON FINAL AT MALDEN AIRPORT WHEN HE STATED HE ENCOUNTERED TURBULANCE WHILE LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 HARD CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT AND RUNWAY.

THE OUTSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED BOTH PROPS, BOTH ENGINES, BOTH MAIN TIRES, LEFT TIP TANK, AND RIGHT FUSELAGE LOWER FARING HAD DAMAGE.  THE LEFT WINGTIP?S DAMAGE WAS PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT.  REMOVAL OF THE RIGHT FUSELAGE UPPER AND LOWER  FARINGS REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE AND SPAR BOX ATTACHMENT POINT. FRACTURES WERE NOTED ON THE SPAR ATTACHMENT POINTS.

INSPECTION OF THE RUNWAY 18 LANDING SIGHT REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN APPROXIMATELY 240 FEET FROM THE APPROACH END OF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE TIRE WAS 44 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  IT WAS AT THIS POINT SKID MARKS FROM ALL THREE TIRES AS WELL AS 5 PROP STRIKES FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE WERE FOUND. APPROXIMATELY 340 FEET FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY THE NOSE TIRE WAS 28 FEET LEFT OF CENTERLINE.  AT THIS POINT A SECOND SET OF 16 PROP STRIKES 39 FEET IN LENGTH WERE MADE FROM THE LEFT ENGINE.

## 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 GAA18CA446](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA446), Jul 20, 2018: Cessna 310 (N46CH), Malden, MO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing flare in gusting wind conditions, which resulted in a hard landing.

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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