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Date
December 20, 1993 · 19:00 local
Place
Culpeper, VA
Airport
Culpeper County Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N630JS
Reported as
Cessna 310P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
950 total130 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Nose gear retract mechanism failed on retract. Returned. Nose gear would not extend. Landed nose up.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR RETRACT MECHANISM FAILED ON RETRACT. RETURNED.NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. LANDED NOSE UP.