# Incident 19790305009009I: Cessna 310P, Tyler, TX, March 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Tyler, TX
- Airport: Pounds
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.3513° N, 95.3011° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tyler, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3513&lon=-95.3011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777AL-2010-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 550 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/19790305009009I

## Narrative

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

WITH GEAR RETRACTION LOUD POP WAS HEARD. UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR.

## Other reports on N777AL (3)

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

- [Accident 20090518008871A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090518008871A), May 18, 2009: Cessna 310P (N777AL), Long Beach Que, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) An aircraft notified Long Beach ATCT that it observed two Cessna aircraft colliding over the ocean approximately 5 miles south of Long Beach queen mary,…
- [Incident 20040314003029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040314003029I), Mar 14, 2004: Cessna 310P (N777AL), Long Beach, CA, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot was unable to extend all three gear. Investigated all options, decided to land with left main still retracted. Push-pull rod brace appeared to have…
- [Incident 19860512035409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860512035409I), May 12, 1986: Cessna 310P (N777AL), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Popping sound from nose gear on retraction. Landed without gear locked down. Found nose gear door disconnected.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.