# Incident 19781124025669I: Cessna 310, Alpena, MI, November 24, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 1978, 19:20 local time
- Place: Alpena, MI
- Airport: Phelp Collins
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.0740° N, 83.4429° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alpena, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0740&lon=-83.4429&mi=10
- Aircraft: N639R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N639R-1991-03-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 25 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/19781124025669I

## Narrative

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

LOUD BANK UNDER PILOT'S SEAT WHEN GEAR EXTENDED. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED.

## Other reports on N639R (2)

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

- [Incident 19811118087219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811118087219I), Nov 18, 1981: Cessna 310 (N639R), Ft Smith, AR, Minor damage. No green on nose gear extension. Recycled nose gear collapsed on landing. Bowed nose gear retract assembly.
- [Accident 19790506008659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790506008659A), May 6, 1979: Cessna 310 (N639R), Traverse City, MI, Substantial damage. Pilot on IFR flight plan unable to land due to weather. Ditched airplane in bay after fuel exhaustion.

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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