# Accident 20181004016679A: Cessna 310R, Marathon, TX, October 4, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 4, 2018, 19:20 local time
- Place: Marathon, TX
- Airport: Private Air Strip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.8233° N, 102.6906° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.8233&lon=-102.6906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N553CM-2020-04-03) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 600 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA19CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA004) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181004016679A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 4, 2018 AT 1920 CDT, A CESSNA 310R BEARING REGISTRATION NUMBER N553CM, REGISTERED TO CESSNA 205, LLC HIT A COW AFTER LANDING ON A PRIVATE AIR STRIP IN MARATHON, TEXAS.  VISUAL METEROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.  THE PILOT LANDED TO THE NORTH IN DAYLIGHT CONDITIONS AND A COW RAN ACROSS THE RUNWAY. THE AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH THE COW. THE RIGHT WING IS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.

THE FOUR (4) SOULS ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MARATHON, TEXAS AND OCTOBER 4, 2018 AND LANDED IN MARATHON, TEXAS ON OCTOBER 4, 2018.

## 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 GAA19CA004](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA19CA004), Oct 5, 2018: Cessna 310 (N553CM), Marathon, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to see and avoid a cow on the airstrip during 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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