# Incident 20240306001289I: Cessna 310R, Huntington, IN, March 6, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 2024, 04:00 local time
- Place: Huntington, IN
- Airport: Huntington Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: MLJA
- Location: 40.8529° N, 85.4571° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUNTINGTON MUNI (HHG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8529&lon=-85.4571&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5336C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5336C) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,629 total, 77 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240306001289I

## Narrative

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

THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE AIRCRAFT’S ARRIVAL AT HHG WAS INSTRUMENT METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (IMC). THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON FINAL APPROACH FOR RUNWAY 28 THE AIRCRAFT BROKE OUT OF IMC CONDITIONS APPROXIMATELY 50’ ABOVE MINIMUMS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT UPON CROSSING THE RUNWAY 28 THRESHOLD THE AIRCRAFT WAS HIGHER THAN NORMAL AND 10 KNOTS TOO FAST. THE PILOT REDUCED POWER TO DESCEND THE AIRCRAFT AND REDUCE SPEED. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD AND BOUNCED, THEN LANDED HARD AGAIN AND UNDER A SIDELOAD. DURING ROLLOUT FROM LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF RUNWAY 28. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.

## Other reports on N5336C (1)

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

- [Incident 19911220059639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911220059639I), Dec 20, 1991: Cessna 310R (N5336C), Mena, AR, Minor damage. Nose gear failed after lift off when retracted. Returned. Landed gear up. Bellcrank broken and strut was flat.

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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