# Incident 19781213024939I: Cessna 310N, Nashville, TN, December 13, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 1978, 20:00 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Metro
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- 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: N31747, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31747-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,130 total, 60 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/19781213024939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO GET GEAR SAFE LIGHT.NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. A PULLY BOLT IN NOSE GEAR SYSTEM HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N31747 (1)

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

- [Accident 19841120062539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841120062539A), Nov 20, 1984: Cessna 310N (N31747), Valparaiso, IN, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Aircraft stalled while avoiding powerlines during emergency landing. Fuel exhaustion near airport.

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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