# Incident 19790424024939I: Cessna 310Q, Bloomington, IN, April 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 1979, 15:44 local time
- Place: Bloomington, IN
- Airport: Monroe Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 39.1460° N, 86.6167° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONROE COUNTY (BMG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1460&lon=-86.6167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7742Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7742Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 100 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/19790424024939I

## Narrative

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

NOISE DURING GEAR RETRACTION, NOSE GEAR COULD NOT BE EXTENDED. DOOR PINS NOT ATTACHED AFTER MAINTENANCE.

## Other reports on N7742Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19870205012759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870205012759I), Feb 5, 1987: Cessna 310Q (N7742Q), Fort Wayne, IN, Minor damage. Unsafe nose gear indication before gear up landing. Both ears broken off bellcrank idler.

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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