19940107000989I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T-310P · Alamogordo, NM · January 7, 1994

Date
January 7, 1994 · 20:45 local
Place
Alamogordo, NM
Airport
Alamogordo-White Sands Regiona
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N900CT
Reported as
Cessna T310P
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,300 total1,500 in this make and model160 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.

Narrative: on takeoff when gear came up, nose gear made bad noise. Nose gear would not come down; landed with nose gear up. Investigation revealed nose gear actuator linkage under cabin floor broke at bellcrank. Cause of fracture still under investigation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: ON TAKEOFF WHEN GEAR CAME UP, NOSE GEAR MADE BAD NOISE. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT COME DOWN; LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR UP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR LINKAGE UNDER CABIN FLOOR BROKE AT BELLCRANK. CAUSE OF FRACTURE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION.