# Incident 19800209021029I: Cessna 310D, Vero Beach, FL, February 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 9, 1980, 14:58 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6472° N, 80.3931° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Vero Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6472&lon=-80.3931&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6780T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6780T-1997-03-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19800209021029I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR SWINGING FREE. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER NOSE LOWERED ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N6780T (1)

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

- [Accident 19960503009269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960503009269A), May 3, 1996: Cessna 310D (N6780T), Los Angeles, CA, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Reported no gear greens landing. Began go around to check. Entered clouds. Stalled. Vertical water impact in bay.

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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