# Incident 19880409021509I: Cessna 310D, Vandalia, IL, April 9, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 1988, 14:30 local time
- Place: Vandalia, IL
- Airport: Vandalia Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.9915° N, 89.1662° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VANDALIA MUNI (VLA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.9915&lon=-89.1662&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1729K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1729K-2012-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 550 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880409021509I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR RETRACTED ON THE LANDING ROLL. UNABLE TO FIND DEFECTS. POSSIBLE INADVERTENT RETRACTION.

## Other reports on N1729K (1)

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

- [Accident 19850703034029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850703034029A), Jul 3, 1985: Cessna 310D (N1729K), Carbondale Murp, IL, Substantial damage. Nose gear folded on landing rollout after being extended manually. Nose gear uplock arm tube was broken.

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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