# Incident 19811201086419I: Cessna 310L, Defiance, OH, December 1, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 1, 1981, 02:50 local time
- Place: Defiance, OH
- Airport: Defiance
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3375° N, 84.4288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DEFIANCE MEML (DFI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3375&lon=-84.4288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N368DF (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,150 total, 800 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811201086419I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO CLEVE NO NOSE GEAR LIGHT. DIVERTED TO HOME BASE. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. LINKAGE MALFUNCTION

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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