# Incident 19880912055819I: Cessna 310J, Fort Worth, TX, September 12, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1988, 14:27 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3182L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3182L-1993-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Reported engine: CONT IO470U
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,100 total, 350 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880912055819I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO EXTEND NOSE GEAR. TOWER ADVISED GEAR HALF DOWN. LANDED BESIDE RUNWAY. FOUND RETRACT ARM BROKEN.

## Other reports on N3182L (3)

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

- [Incident 19910517028529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910517028529I), May 17, 1991: Cessna 310J (N3182L), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on landing rollout. Nose gear control assembly was bent.
- [Incident 19820607036139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820607036139I), Jun 7, 1982: Cessna 310J (N3182L), Addison, TX, Minor damage. Pilot landed gear up when generator-battery quit, nose gear push-pull tube PN0842121-1 broke, main gearbox jammed.
- [Incident 19791214046929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791214046929I), Dec 14, 1979: Cessna 310J (N3182L), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. Right gear would not lock down, collapsed on landing. Retract rod, #08411354, broken by pilot error.

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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