# Incident 19940118004039I: Cessna 310D, Everett, WA, January 18, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 1994, 17:30 local time
- Place: Everett, WA
- Airport: Snohomish County - Paine Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Touch And Go Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9790° N, 122.2021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Everett, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9790&lon=-122.2021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9002P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9002P-1996-01-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,304 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940118004039I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. ROBERT P. CHASE (CFI) AND MR. ROBERT J. WILSON WAS AT ARLINGTON AIRPORT DOING TOUCH AND GOES, IN N9002P, COMPLETING THEIR FOURTH STARTING THE FIFTH ONE. LANDING GEAR EXTENSION WAS INITIATED TURNING DOWNWIND, HOWEVER, THE GREEN LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. MR. WILSON MADE A VISUAL CHECK OF THE REFLECTORS AND CONFIRMED AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE NOSE GEAR WAS TRAILING ABOUT 45 DEGREES. THEY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AT WHICH TIME A LOUD METALLIC SOUND WAS HEARD. THEY THEN EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND ANOTHER METALLIC SOUND OCCURRED AS THE LANDING GEAR WAS DROPPING. THEY ATTEMPTED TO LOCK THE GEAR DOWN WITH THE MANUAL EMERGENCY EXTENSION SYSTEM, BUT THE CRANK CAME TO A HARD STOP AFTER SEVERAL TURNS. THE INDICATION WAS STILL UNSAFE. THEY ELECTED TO GO TO PAINE FIELD AND FLIGHT BY THE TOWER, IT WAS CONFIRMED BY THE TOWER, GROUND OBSERVERS AND OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR, THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNSAFE. AN ATTEMPT TO MANEUVER THE AIRCRAFT TO LOCK THE NOSE GEAR INTO POSITION, NO LUCK. PAINE TOWER AUTHORIZED LANDING ON RUNWAY 11. LANDED AND ROLLED OUT ON THE MAIN GEAR AND NOSE WAS BEING HELD UP UNTIL THE LOSS OF AIR SPEED, AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE STRUCTURE SLID ON THE RUNWAY. ROC GAVE AUTHORIZATION TO MOVE AIRCRAFT FROM RUNWAY 11 AND INTO REGAL AIR HANGAR, JANUARY 18, 1994. REMOVAL OF N9002P C-310 WAS COMPLETED BY MR. RONALD W. MORGAN (OWNER) A&P535664064 AND MR. JOHN H. PUCKETT A&P 450087387. MR. PUCKETT STATED THAT THE RIGHT NOSE GEAR DOOR PROBABILITY UP BEFORE THE NOSE GEAR WAS PUSHED UP INTO THE NOSE WHEEL WELL CRUSHING THE DOOR. THEY HAD TO PRY THE NOSE WHEEL OUT OF THE WELL IN ORDER TO SEE IF THERE WAS MORE DAMAGE INSIDE. THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE AS FOLLOWS: FOUR PROPELLOR BLADES, NOSE GEAR DOORS, LOWER NOSE SKIN, NOSE SECTION AND TAXI LIGHT. THE PART WHICH BROKE IS THE IDLER BELLCRANK P/N 0842102-2, WHICH IS INSTALLED UNDER THE FORWARD LEFT SIDE FLOOR BOARD OF THE CABIN (UNDER THE PILOT'S FEET ) IT CONNECTS TO THE MAIN GEAR DRIVE.

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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