# Accident 19731112036189A: Cessna 310P, Albuquerque, NM, November 12, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 1973
- Place: Albuquerque, NM
- Airport: Albuquerque International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 35.0416° N, 106.5560° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Albuquerque Airport (1928), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0416&lon=-106.5560&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5842M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5842M-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,050 total, 0 in this make and model, 24 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN74FQA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQA26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731112036189A

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR EXTEND-RETRACT MECHANISM FAILED AFTER TAKEOFF PLT ELECTED TO LAND GEAR UP ON FOAMED RWY

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB DEN74FQA26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN74FQA26), Nov 12, 1973: Cessna 310P (N5842M), Albuquerque, NM, substantial damage

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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