# NTSB LAX82DA122: Cessna 310Q, N69646, Yuba City, CA, March 26, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: March 26, 1982, 15:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place: Yuba City, CA
- Coordinates: 39.04953, -121.60987 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0495&lon=-121.6099&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 73114
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82DA122
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/73114/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82DA122

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - gear extension - not performed, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE FORGOT TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN BEFORE LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N69646](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69646), registered now, S/N 310Q0832 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Registry model: [Cessna 310Q](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (registry code 2074242) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310Q0832
- Airframe hours: 2250
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-V 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 135
- Operator: Comet Airways Incorporated
- Registered owner: Ross D Scott
- Departed: VIS, VISALIA, CA
- Destination: O52, YUBA CITY, CA
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: 052, Sutter County, runway 17, 3,040 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 10,369 total, 1,520 in this make and model, 9,899 as pilot in command, 15 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 9 knots
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature: 138 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820326006559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820326006559A), Mar 26, 1982: Cessna 310Q, Yuba City, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot forgot to extend landing gear before landing.

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.

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