# Incident 19800320034049I: Cessna 310C, San Diego, CA, March 20, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1980, 19:08 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N123X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N123X-2013-07-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 450 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/19800320034049I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION ON APPROACH. ROD END PUSH/PULL TUBE ASSEMBLY BROKEN. GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N123X (2)

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

- [Incident 19890628041329I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890628041329I), Jun 28, 1989: Cessna 310C (N123X), Apple Valley, CA, Minor damage. Unable to retract or extend gear on takeoff. Returned. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Minor damage.
- [Incident 19790220007249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790220007249I), Feb 20, 1979: Cessna 310C (N123X), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Grinding noise with gear retraction. Nose gear partially retracted strut flat and wheel canted.

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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