# Incident 19790704018349I: Cessna 310, West Chicago, IL, July 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1979, 22:09 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Dupage
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4144Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4144Q) (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 310
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 750 total, 55 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/19790704018349I

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. LEFT ALTERNATOR INOP. BATTERIES DISCHARGED. DIDNOT USE MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION

## Other reports on N4144Q (4)

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

- [Incident 19961101034709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961101034709I), Nov 1, 1996: Cessna 310N (N4144Q), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Narrative: upon landing pilot extended gear and noticed only main gear lights came on . Visual check revealed nose gear was 1/2 down. He cycled gear a couple…
- [Incident 19920914052779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920914052779I), Sep 14, 1992: Cessna 310N (N4144Q), Niles, MI, Minor damage. Landed on a closed runway and hit a sawhorse barricade. Fss gave wrong NOTAM. Sun in pilots eyes.
- [Incident 19901220063069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901220063069I), Dec 20, 1990: Cessna 310N (N4144Q), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed on landing rollout. Downlock bellcrank assembly had broken at upper end attachment bolt.
- [Incident 19780512033389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780512033389I), May 12, 1978: Cessna 310N (N4144Q), Topeka, KS, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Found broken push-pull tube.

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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