# Incident 19920130001389I: Cessna 310N, Ames, IA, January 30, 1992

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 1992, 13:40 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9920° N, 93.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMES MUNI (AMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9920&lon=-93.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5048Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5048Q-1995-01-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,300 total, 80 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/19920130001389I

## Narrative

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

UNABLE TO GET NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. CRACKED DOOR ON FINAL TO EXIT AFTER LANDING. LANDED SHORT DUE TO DRAG.

## Other reports on N5048Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19890417022639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890417022639I), Apr 17, 1989: Cessna 310N (N5048Q), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. Unable to get nose gear down and locked. Nose gear collapsed on landing. Found push pull rod was bent.

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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