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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310 · Tuscaloosa, AL · April 23, 1978

Date: April 23, 1978 · 12:55 local
Place: Tuscaloosa, AL
Airport: Van De Graaff
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4120Q
Reported as: Cessna 310
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 350 total25 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N4120QRegistered now · Cessna 310NS/N 310N-0020 Airframe modelCessna 310N Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Nose gear would not extend fully for landing. Nose gear drive tube assembly broken.

As the FAA filed it

NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY FOR LANDING. NOSE GEAR DRIVE TUBE ASSEMBLY BROKEN.

Other reports on N4120Q · 1

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

Incident 20181205023199ILanding: Rollout · Wheeling, ILThe pilot reported a loud ?popping? Noise when selecting the gear handle up after takeoff from kpwk. The pilot stated the he selected the gear back down but did not get an annunciator indication that the nose landing gear was down and locked. The pilot also…Dec 5, 2018 · Minor damage