# Incident 20240404003659I: Cessna 310R, Venice, FL, April 4, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 4, 2024, 21:20 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5265C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5265C) (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: Private pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240404003659I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD JUST BEEN DELIVERED WITH AN AVIONICS UPGRADE TO A "GLASS" PANEL. AFTER A COMPLETE BRIEFING ON THE NEW PANEL, PILOT TOOK OFF SOLO TO CHECK THE BASIC OPERATION OF THE NEW PANEL.

ON THE FIRST LANDING ON RUNWAY 23, PILOT WAS BUSY FINDING THE NEW ENGINE INSTRUMENTS IN SCAN AND INADVERTENTLY DID NOT EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO LAND. JUST AS HE REALIZED THE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN, SOMEONE ON THE UNICOM FREQUENCY CALLED

"CESSNA- GEAR!" AT THAT TIME, PILOT DETERMINED THAT THE SAFEST COURSE OF ACTION WAS A GO AROUND. HE WENT AROUND AND RETURNED TO LAND IMMEDIATELY ON THE SAME RUNWAY.

AFTER SHUTDOWN, HE DISCOVERED THAT THE PROP TIPS HAD CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND WERE CURLED BACK. THERE WAS ALSO DAMAGE TO AN ANTENNA MOUNTED ON THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE TAIL TIE DOWN RING HAD SCRAPE MARKS. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS NOTED.

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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