# Incident 19791014052739I: Cessna 310P, Pontiac, MI, October 14, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 14, 1979, 11:40 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N310CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,800 total, 1,500 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/19791014052739I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR JAMMED ON RETRACTION, BELLCRANK IDLER ARM, PN4210202, SEPARATED. NOSE STRUT WAS DEFLATED.

## Other reports on N310CM (1)

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

- [Incident 20081231854309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081231854309I), Dec 31, 2008: Cessna 310P (N310CM), Lubbock, TX, No damage. On December 31, 2008 at approximately 2224 CDT, N310CM, a Cessna 310, contacted Lubbock ATCT advising of an unsafe gear indication after the aircraft departed…

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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