# Incident 19911231060559I: Cessna 310N, Alabaster, AL, December 31, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1991, 15:15 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4140Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4140Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-VO (registry code 17354, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-vo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 35 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/19911231060559I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT ON CLIMB. UNABLE TO LOCK GEAR DOWN. LANDED GEAR UP. GEAR DOORS BLOCKED EXTENSION.

## Other reports on N4140Q (3)

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

- [Incident 20010928025989I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010928025989I), Sep 28, 2001: Cessna 310N (N4140Q), Panama City, FL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated that she was taxiing to runway 5 and when she applied the brakes, there was no braking action and the aircraft veered to the left off the…
- [Incident 20010216002049I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010216002049I), Feb 16, 2001: Cessna 310N (N4140Q), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. (-23) While lowering landing gear PIC heard a bang and the main landing gear down and lcoked light failed to illuminate. PIC contacted their maintenance dept.…
- [Incident 19950612016739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950612016739I), Jun 12, 1995: Cessna 310N (N4140Q), Atlanta, GA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 06-12-95, Mr. Forest stuart summers was scheduled to fly his first flight duty assignment for air carriers, inc. from atl to bhm. After a…

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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