# Incident 19950217006169I: Cessna 310K, Griffith, IN, February 17, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 17, 1995, 14:00 local time
- Place: Griffith, IN
- Airport: Griffith Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5276° N, 87.4239° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Griffith, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5276&lon=-87.4239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7017L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7017L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT IO470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,500 total, 340 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950217006169I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT DETROIT METROPOLITAN AIRPORT (DTW). HE OBSERVED THAT HIS NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATING. A QUICK CHECK OF THE LIGHT INDICATED THAT THE LIGHT BULB WORKED. THEN, HE MADE A FLY BY THE AIRPORT TOWER AND A CONTROLLER INDICATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE TRAILING. HE LANDED ON THE MAIN GEAR AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE DOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR, HE DECIDED TO RETURN HOME TO GRIFFITH, IN (05C). DETROIT TOWER NOTIFIED THE OPERATIONS CENTER GREAT LAKES REGION AND THE OPERATIONS CENTER NOTIFIED SBN FSDO OF THE INCIDENT BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT REACHED GRIFFITH, IN. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR PUSH PULL TUBE WAS BENT PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHT FROM ILLUMINATING. A MALFUNCTION AND DEFECT REPORT WAS FILED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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