# Incident 19790410010459I: Cessna 310I, Kalamazoo, MI, April 10, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 10, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8143M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8143M-2018-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,497 total, 30 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/19790410010459I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR TORQUE TUBE PN0813300-44 FAILED DURING RETRACTION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING.

## Other reports on N8143M (1)

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

- [Incident 19901004044129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901004044129I), Oct 4, 1990: Cessna 310I (N8143M), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Unsafe gear light. Landed and nose gear collapsed on rollout.

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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