# Incident 19801230089799I: Cessna 310H, Ft Worth, TX, December 30, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1980, 10:30 local time
- Place: Ft Worth, TX
- Airport: Meacham
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7254° N, 97.3208° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7254&lon=-97.3208&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1099Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1099Q-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310H (registry code 2074220, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 28,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801230089799I

## Narrative

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

FLAT NOSE STRUT FAILED TO EXTEND BEFORE RETRACTION. IT CAUGHT ON AIRPLANE STRUCTURE, BROKE THE BELLCRANK. COLLAPSED

## Other reports on N1099Q (2)

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

- [Accident 20150905014749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150905014749A), Sep 5, 2015: Cessna 310H (N1099Q), Grizzly Peak, CO, Destroyed, 4 fatal. N1099Q left big bear, CA on 5 September, landed at daggett-barstow and picked up 3 people, a second private pilot and 2 passengers. Landed in flagstaff and…
- [Accident 19741119042429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741119042429A), Nov 19, 1974: Cessna 310H (N1099Q), Millard, NE, Substantial damage. Bulb in gr down lite out. Ldg gr horn did not sound.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.