# Incident 19791205047639I: Cessna 310N, Opa Locka, FL, December 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 1979, 15:30 local time
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.9000° N, 80.2552° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Opa-locka, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9000&lon=-80.2552&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4159Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4159Q-2013-08-23) (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 310N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,670 total, 255 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/19791205047639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE SINGLE ENGINE GEAR UP LANDING AFTER ELECTRICAL, GEAR EXTENSION FAILURE. TOO LOW TO LOWER MANUALLY.

## Other reports on N4159Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19990403002929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990403002929A), Apr 3, 1999: Cessna 310N (N4159Q), Cecilia, KY, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Acft crashed under unknown circumstances, the 2 POB suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed. (-23)on April 3, 1999, at approximately 1325 EST, a Cessna…
- [Accident 19740106000789A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740106000789A), Jan 6, 1974: Cessna 310N (N4159Q), Terre Haute, IN, Substantial damage. Taxied thru snow to ramp,parked abt 2 hr OAT 21 deg. Gr down lock located directly abv wheel.

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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