# Incident 19781016032989I: Cessna 310, Sioux Falls, SD, October 16, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1978, 15:15 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3688D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3688D-2013-07-01) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 240 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/19781016032989I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO OBTAIN A GEAR SAFE LIGHT. LANDED. RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED DUE TO A BENT PUSH PULL TUBE.

## Other reports on N3688D (1)

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

- [Incident 19860322037229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860322037229I), Mar 22, 1986: Cessna 310 (N3688D), London, KY, Damage unknown. Nose gear unsafe light on approach. Landed on grass and nose wheel flopped forward. Cause undetermined as yet.

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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