# Incident 19780530041169I: Cessna 310L, Coatsville, PA, May 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 30, 1978, 14:15 local time
- Place: Coatsville, PA
- Airport: Chester Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9852° N, 75.8190° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Coatesville, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9852&lon=-75.8190&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3328X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3328X-1995-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,377 total, 462 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/19780530041169I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE WITH GEAR RETRACTION. UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT.

## Other reports on N3328X (1)

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

- [Accident 19931022040549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931022040549A), Oct 22, 1993: Cessna 310L (N3328X), Tewkbury, MA, Substantial damage. Landed long in severe crosswind veered into wind. Overran runway. Hit fence and vehicle. Skid marks for 1500 feet.

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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