# NTSB Accident CHI06LA060
> **Cessna 310R** · 2006-01-09 · St. Charles, MO, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI06LA060
- **Event ID:** 20060113X00070
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2006-01-09
- **Location:** St. Charles, MO, USA
- **Coordinates:** 38.929721, -90.43
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 310R
- **Registration:** N310CK
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DUSK
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

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.

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