# Accident 19800823037439A: Cessna 310G, West Helena, AR, August 23, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 1980, 19:15 local time
- Place: West Helena, AR
- Airport: Thompson/Robbins
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5765° N, 90.6759° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMPSON-ROBBINS (HEE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5765&lon=-90.6759&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8962Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8962Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310G (registry code 2074218, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,680 total, 15 in this make and model, 115 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPG61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823037439A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE WITH INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT PILOT LANDED GEAR UP. NO LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80DPG61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPG61), Aug 23, 1980: Cessna 310G (N8962Z), Helena, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8962Z (1)

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

- [Incident 20011124035549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011124035549I), Nov 24, 2001: Cessna 310G (N8962Z), Miami, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Nose landing gear failed to extend during landing. Pilot reported to opalocka air traffic control, that his nose landing gear failed to extend in the…

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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