# Incident 19800218026669I: Cessna 310F, Gainesville, TX, February 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 18, 1980, 15:18 local time
- Place: Gainesville, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6386° N, 97.1484° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6386&lon=-97.1484&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5841X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5841X-2020-05-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310F (registry code 2074216, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 150 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/19800218026669I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE NOSE GEAR BELLCRANK FAILED.

## Other reports on N5841X (1)

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

- [Accident 19741120039479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741120039479A), Nov 20, 1974: Cessna 310F (N5841X), Stanton, TX, Substantial damage. Acft nose gr hit soft spt on rwy

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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