# Incident 20200424002619I: Cessna 310K, West Jordan, UT, April 24, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2020, 11:26 local time
- Place: West Jordan, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6097° N, 111.9391° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Jordan, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6097&lon=-111.9391&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7021L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7021L-2021-12-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,375 total, 251 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200424002619I

## Narrative

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

SOON AFTER BECOMING AIRBORNE THE PILOT REALIZED THE PASSENGER ENTRY DOOR WAS NOT FULLY SECURED AT THE TOP LATCH CREATING EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE. HE DECIDED TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHEN PROCEEDING DOWNWIND HE REALIZED THE AIRSPEED WAS ABOVE THE SAFE GEAR EXTENSION SPEED AND DID NOT LOWER THE GEAR. HE REDUCED AIRSPEED BY RETARDING THE THROTTLES AND LOWERING THE FLAPS TO 15 DEG. HE MOVED THE PROPELLERS TO FULL PITCH AS HE TURNED TO BASE. ON FINAL HE LOWERED THE FLAPS TO 30 DEGREES AND CONTINUED THE APPROACH AT 90 KNOTS. TOUCHDOWN OCCURRED JUST PAST THE 1000' MARKER. AS THE PLANE SETTLED IN A FLARE HE HEARD THE LEFT PROP BEGIN STRIKING THE RUNWAY. HE IMMEDIATELY REALIZED HE HAD FAILED TO RECHECK THE GEAR POSITION AND HAD NOT LOWERED THE GEAR. THE PLANE SETTLED ONTO THE RUNWAY AND SKIDDED TO A STOP ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE.

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.