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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310B · Wilmington, DE · July 29, 1980

Date
July 29, 1980 · 13:30 local
Place
Wilmington, DE
Airport
Greater
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6651B
Reported as
Cessna 310B
Reported engine
Continental IO470M
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,816 total910 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Attempts to extend nose gear unsuccessful. Landed in grass beside runway.

As the FAA filed it

ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR UNSUCCESSFUL. LANDED IN GRASS BESIDE RUNWAY.