# Incident 19831210071859I: Cessna 310B, Hampton, GA, December 10, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 10, 1983, 10:00 local time
- Place: Hampton, GA
- Airport: Bear Creek
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3792° N, 84.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hampton, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3792&lon=-84.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N780R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N780R-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 434 total, 11 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831210071859I

## Narrative

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

LOUD NOISE ON GEAR RETRACTION. UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR AT DESTINATION. FLAT NOSE GEAR STRUT JAMMED NOSE GEAR.

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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