Accident Cessna 310R N5080J, Thursday 27 June 2024

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Date:	Thursday 27 June 2024
Time:	11:45
Type:	Cessna 310R
Owner/operator:	N5080J LLC
Registration:	N5080J
MSN:	310R0200
Year of manufacture:	1975
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Duluth International Airport (DLH/KDLH), Duluth, MN - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	Superior-Richard I Bong Airport, WI (SUW/KSUW)
Destination airport:	Duluth International Airport, MN (DLH/KDLH)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities

Narrative:
On June 27, 2024, at 1145 central daylight time, a Cessna 310R airplane, N5080J, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident near Duluth, Minnesota. The pilot was not injured. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal flight.

The pilot reported that the flight was to conduct testing of adjustments made to avionics equipment on-board the airplane. He departed the Richard I. Bong airport (SUW) and flew the airplane to the Duluth International Airport (DLH). He executed the runway 9 instrument landing system approach and stopped on the runway as instructed by air traffic control. After a brief wait on the runway, he received takeoff clearance to return to SUW. During the takeoff, seconds after rotation the airplane rolled to the left and the pilot attempted to correct using aileron and rudder inputs. The airplane settled into the ground in a near level attitude north of runway 9. During the event, the nose landing gear and right main landing gear collapsed, resulting in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage.

Accident investigation: