# Incident 19871231078249I: Cessna 310P, Chattanooga, TN, December 31, 1987

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1987, 14:30 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1843B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1843B-1990-04-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,400 total, 28 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871231078249I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TRIED. LANDED NOSE GEAR UP.

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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