# Accident 20210424006649A: Cessna 310N, Carrollton, OH, April 24, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2021, 15:39 local time
- Place: Carrollton, OH
- Airport: Carroll County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5616° N, 81.0783° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5616&lon=-81.0783&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310VD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310VD-2022-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 14,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA205) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210424006649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 23 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:30Z FROM UCP EN-ROUTE TO TSO.  AT ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF THE AIRFIELD, PILOT BEGAN DECENT TO TRAFFIC PATTERN FROM 4500 FT BY REDUCING POWER DOWN TO 17 INCHES OF MANIFOLD PRESSURE TO SLOW AIRSPEED TO FLAP OPERATING RANGE.  AFTER CROSSING OVER THE AIRPORT AT MIDFIELD TO ENTER A LEFT DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 25, HE APPLIED A FIRST NOTCH OF FLAPS. ONCE ESTABLISHED ON A LEFT DOWNWIND POSITION IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, PILOT STATED HE LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE AND VERBALLY CALLED GEAR DOWN.  DUE TO TRAFFIC REPORTED IN THE AREA, HE LOOKED OUTSIDE THE COCKPIT TO LOOK FOR THE TRAFFIC APPROACHING THE FIELD AND DOES NOT RECALL CHECKING TO SEE IF HE HAD THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATED.  AFTER ASSESSING EVERYONES POSITION AND DISTANCE FROM THE FIELD, HE ANNOUNCED TURNING BASE LEGS OVER THE UNICOM AND ADDED SECOND NOTCH OF FLAPS, THEN ADDING THE FINAL NOTCH OF FLAPS AS HE TURNED FINAL. WHILE DESCENDING OVER THE RUNWAY THRESHOLD  AT APPROXIMATELY 105 MPH HE STATED HE DID NOT RECALL ANY DIFFERENCE IN HANDLING OF THE AIRCRAFT OR THE STALL HORN WARN GOING OFF UNTIL MAKING CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN RODE THE PROPELLERS AND UNDERSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT DOWN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY UNTIL THE PLANE CAME TO A FULL STOP.  AT THAT TIME, HE STATED A LITE CLOUD OF SMOKE APPEARED UNDERNEATH THE LEFT YOKE.  HE THEN TURNED THE FUEL SHUTOFF, MAGNETOS, AND MASTER SWITCH TO THE OFF POSITION AND EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT ALONG WITH HIS PASSENGERS.

## 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 CEN21LA205](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA205), Apr 24, 2021: Cessna 310N (N310VD), Carrollton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to confirm the landing gear was down before landing due to distraction during the Before Landing checks, which resulted in a gear-up landing.

## Other reports on N310VD (1)

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

- [Incident 19851013072909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851013072909I), Oct 13, 1985: Cessna 310 (N310VD), Frankfort, IL, Minor damage. Alternator problem after takeoff. Manual gear extension with collapse on landing. Gear not locked manually.

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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