Cessna 310R N310CK

Summary

On 9 January 2006 at about 23:20 local time, a Cessna 310R registered N310CK was involved in an accident near St. Charles, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

9 January 2006 at 23:20

Classification

Accident

Location

St. Charles, Missouri, United States

Nearest airport

St. Charles Co Smartt (SET)

Coordinates

38.9297, -90.4300

Aircraft

Cessna 310R

Registration

N310CK

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 135: Air Taxi & Commuter

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Charles → Jefferson City

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Dusk

NTSB number

CHI06LA060

Nobody was injured.

The in-flight collision with a duck during cruise flight resulting in a ruptured fuel tank and the strobe/light assembly electrical short resulting in a fire to the right wing tip tank. Contributing factors were the dusk light conditions.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane received substantial damage following a bird strike to the airplane's right wing tip tank during cruise flight. Dusk meteorological conditions with an overcast layer of clouds prevailed at the time of the accident. A fire was first noticed by the pilot during an after landing taxi. The pilot evacuated the airplane, and the fire continued to burn for an additional 35 minutes until an explosion occurred. The pilot stated that the bird impacted the top portion of the tip tank and the strobe/navigation assembly within the tip tank was damaged with a broken strobe light bulb. The right tip tank was full of fuel at the time of the bird strike.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.