# Incident 19810210011859I: Cessna 310R, Houston, TX, February 10, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 1981, 07:30 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: William P Hobby
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MIDA
- Location: 29.6458° N, 95.2772° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM P HOBBY (HOU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6458&lon=-95.2772&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5474J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5474J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 160 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810210011859I

## Narrative

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

GOT AN UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT ON APPROACH. LANDED OK. FOUND GEAR INDICATING SWITCH ARM BROKEN.

## Other reports on N5474J (1)

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

- [Accident 19800325008369A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800325008369A), Mar 25, 1980: Cessna 310R (N5474J), Thedford, NE, Substantial damage. Encountered heavy icing near destination. Airplane stalled on level-off for landing due to heavy airframe icing.

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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