# Incident 20200429005539I: Cessna 310B, Mena, AR, April 29, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2020, 10:00 local time
- Place: Mena, AR
- Airport: Mena Intermountain Municipal A
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5455° N, 94.2024° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MENA INTERMOUNTAIN MUNI (MEZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5455&lon=-94.2024&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5381A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5381A-2021-12-04) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 612 total, 77 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200429005539I

## Narrative

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

ON 4/29/2020 AT APPROXIMATLEY 1000 CDT, N5381A, A CESSNA CE-310-B AIRCRAFT,  FLOWN BY A CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT FOR THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT.

PILOT WAS FLYING FROM MENA, ARKANSAS (MEZ) TO ADA, AOKLAHOMA. UPON TAKEOFF AND CLIMB, THE PASSENGER (OWNER) AND PILOT NOTED THAT THE FUEL GAUGES WERE NOT READING A FULL LOAD OF FUEL IN EACH TANK. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ASSERTAIN THE FUEL ISSUE, THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM STARTED TO FAIL, THE PILOT THEN TURNED BACK TOWARD KMEZ, WHICH WAS STILL VISIBLE. HE THEN RESET EACH GENERATOR, NO CHANGE OCCURRED AND THE AMMETER CONTINUED TO READ ZERO ? NO CHARGE OR DISCHARGE. HE SHUT OFF THE MASTER, LEVELED OFF AT 3000 FEET AND SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO ABOUT 120 MPH. HE TURNED THE MASTER ON AGAIN MOMENTARILY TO ATTEMPT TO LOWER THE GEAR NORMALLY, IT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL.

DURING ATTEMPT TO LOWER GEAR WITH EMERGENCY HANDLE, THE FINAL TURNING OF THE GEAR HANDLE MADE POPPING SOUND AND THERE WAS NO MORE FRICTION IN THE HANDLE. THE GEAR WAS OSERVED LOWERED, BUT COULD NOT BE VERIFIED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A NORMAL CONTROLLED LANDING ON THE RUNWAY, DURING LANDING ROLL OUT THE R/H GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT SKID APPROXIMATLEY 300 FEET AND CAME TO REST JUST OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, THE R/H LANDING GEAR FOLDED, THE R/H WING TIP, R/H TAIL HORIZONTAL AND R/H PROPELLER SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. OWNER REPORTS THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAS BEEN DEEMED A CONSTRUCTIVE TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY AND WILL NOT BE REPAIRING THE AIRCRAFT, AND DOUBTS ANYBODY ELSE WILL DUE IT?S LOW VALUE, AGE, AND MARKETABILITY IN THESE PRESENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

PILOT AND PASSENGER SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

## Other reports on N5381A (2)

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

- [Accident 20020319005309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020319005309A), Mar 19, 2002: Cessna 310B (N5381A), Provo, UT, No damage. (-23) Aircraft departed pvu runway 13. After takeoff gear selected up and no red gear up light lit. Pilot viewed gear from wing mounted mirror and saw nose…
- [Incident 19941028039929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941028039929I), Oct 28, 1994: Cessna 310B (N5381A), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Unsafe gear indication for landing. Left main folded on runway. Limit switch failed. Damaged gear box. Uncoupled syste

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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