# Incident 19951215040779I: Cessna 310R, Cahokia, IL, December 15, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 1995, 12:30 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NI1S
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5488J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5488J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 850 total, 100 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951215040779I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR ON A MULTIENGINE TRAINING FLIGHT ATTEMPTED TO LAND WITHOUT EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR. WHEN THE PROPS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY THE INSTRUCTOR EXECUTED A GO-AROUND. THE INSTRUCTOR LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR NORMALLY AND RETURNED TO LAND WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. NEITHER THE INSTRUCTOR NOR THE STUDENT MADE ANY VERBAL CALLOUT TO VERIFY GEAR EXTENSION BEFORE THE ATTEMPTED LANDING. BY SELECTING LANDING GEAR TO NEUTRAL, (INSTEAD OF DOWN), AND ADVANCING THE THROTTLE OUT OF THE MICRO-SWITCHES, IT IS POSSIBLE TO MISINTERPRET HAND MOTION AND A SILENT HORN FOR GEAR-DOWN. THE INSTRUCTOR CONCEDED THE GEAR MUST NOT HAVE BEEN EXTENDED PRIOR TO THE ATTEMPTED LANDING. THE INSTRUCTOR WAS RE-EXAMINED ON 1-12-96. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

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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