# Incident 19880208010589I: Cessna 310Q, Sioux Falls, SD, February 8, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1988, 08:16 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DUFA
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69827, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69827-2011-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880208010589I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO LOWER NOSE GEAR. FORCED TO LAND WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED. FOUND NOSE GEAR RETRACTION PUSH PULL TUBE BROKE

## Other reports on N69827 (2)

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

- [Incident 20100407032049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407032049I), Apr 7, 2010: Cessna 310Q (N69827), Clanton, AL, Minor damage. On April 07, 2010, at 0630 CST, a Cessna 310Q operated as a 14 code of federal regulations part 91, personal flight at Clanton, AL (02A). The pilot stated that…
- [Incident 19930111002799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930111002799I), Jan 11, 1993: Cessna 310Q (N69827), Sioux Falls, SD, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed nose gear up. Trunion bearings seized due to lack of lubrication.

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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