39.2703° N, 80.3618° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Clarksburg, WV, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
September 18, 1979 · 11:05 local
Place
Clarksburg, WV
Airport
Benedum
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3624D
Reported as
Cessna 310
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,100 total400 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
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.
Pilot owner forgot to reconnect nose gear door retract rods which resulted in jamming the nose gear.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT OWNER FORGOT TO RECONNECT NOSE GEAR DOOR RETRACT RODS WHICH RESULTED IN JAMMING THE NOSE GEAR.