# Incident 19780318008659I: Cessna 310, Houston, TX, March 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1978, 15:10 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3090D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3090D-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 747 total, 38 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780318008659I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED FULLY, BELLCRANK WAS SEPARATED FROM FUSELAGE. HAD BEEN LOWERED AT HIGH AIRSPEED.

## Other reports on N3090D (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20130408005959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130408005959I), Apr 8, 2013: Cessna 310 (N3090D), Asheville, NC, Minor damage. CFI [privacy data omitted] was giving multi engine instruction to [privacy data omitted] at the Asheville Regional Airport (avl). On the second landing attempt…

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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