# Incident 19781206022559I: Cessna 310Q, Nashville, TN, December 6, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 6, 1978, 14:55 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1659° N, 86.7844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Nashville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1659&lon=-86.7844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1246G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1246G-2019-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 2,000 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/19781206022559I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR JAMMED ON FIRST RETRACTION AFTER ANNUAL. MECHANIC HAD FAILED TO SECURE GEAR DOOR LINKAGE.

## Other reports on N1246G (1)

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

- [Accident 20170227001799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170227001799A), Feb 27, 2017: Cessna T310Q (N1246G), Riverside, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. This aircraft was piloted by 83 year old male whom held an airline transport pilot (ATP) certificate for single engine land aircraft (sel) with commercial…

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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