# Incident 19830519024559I: Cessna 310F, Santa Maria, CA, May 19, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 19, 1983, 19:50 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Santa Maria
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6770X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6770X-2016-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310F (registry code 2074216, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO470D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,400 total, 250 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830519024559I

## Narrative

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

DISTRACTION ON DOWNWIND. PUT GEAR UP. THEN LANDED WITHOUT EXTENDING THE GEAR.

## Other reports on N6770X (3)

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

- [Accident 20160505005229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160505005229A), May 5, 2016: Cessna 310F (N6770X), North Little Ro, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On may 5,2016, at 1332 CDT, an Cessna 310F, registered to lashbrook, inc., impacted a parking lot while attempting to return to the north Little Rock municipal…
- [Incident 20060304005849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060304005849I), Mar 4, 2006: Cessna 310F (N6770X), Fort Pierce, FL, Minor damage. (-23) N6770X departed the pompano beach airport enroute to ft. Pierce, FL. Upon gear retraction the pilot heard a loud bang in the nose gear area. He checked…
- [Incident 19930325018769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930325018769I), Mar 25, 1993: Cessna 310F (N6770X), Bridgeport, TX, Minor damage. Student flared high. Stalled and made hard landing. Nose gear collapsed.

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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