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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310N · Champaign, IL · December 28, 1978

Date: December 28, 1978 · 14:08 local
Place: Champaign, IL
Airport: Willard
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6977L
Reported as: Cessna 310N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 10,000 total2,100 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N6977LRegistration cancelled Jun 18, 2013 · Cessna 310NS/N 310N-0006 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 310N Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Loud bang during gear retraction. Nose gear could not be extended. The nose gear strut was flat, jammed.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG DURING GEAR RETRACTION. NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED. THE NOSE GEAR STRUT WAS FLAT, JAMMED.