# Incident 19951030042089I: Cessna 310D, Kinston, NC, October 30, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1995, 09:00 local time
- Place: Kinston, NC
- Airport: Eastern Regional Jetport At Stall
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2751° N, 77.5934° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kinston, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2751&lon=-77.5934&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6738T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6738T-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 700 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951030042089I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A FLIGHT FROM 5W9 TO DPL IN WHICH THE PILOT/OWNER WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTIONS, THE PILOT OBSERVED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION AFTER EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR, THE PILOT ELECTED TO DIVERT TO ISO FOR AN ATTEMPTED UNSAFE GEAR LANDING. AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ISO WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT ELECTRICALLY AND MANUALLY. AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, BOTH BLADES OF THE PROPELLER WERE BENT AFT FROM THE CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY, MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BOTTOM SURFACE OF THE AIRCRAFT, SCRAPES AND SCRATCHES. INCIDENT UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N6738T (1)

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

- [Incident 20021227034549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021227034549I), Dec 27, 2002: Cessna 310D (N6738T), Las Cruces, NM, Minor damage. (-23) On December 27, 2002 at 1230 MST a Cessna 310-D, N6738T registered to adventure leasing, landed with the nose gear not fully engaged in the extended…

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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