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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310L · Greer, SC · January 20, 1996

Date: January 20, 1996 · 16:10 local
Place: Greer, SC
Airport: Greenville-Spartanburg
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2298F
Reported as: Cessna 310L
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total1,000 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

N2298FRegistered now · Cessna 310LS/N 310L-0098 · Built 1967 Airframe modelCessna 310L Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: pilot departed gsp and attempted to retract the landing gear. The indication revealed that the gear was not up and locked. When he extended the landing gear he got a down and locked indication on the left main, but not the right main or the nose. After trying to crank the gear down and applying a negative g load the right main came down and locked. The nose did not. The pilot landed the aircraft with the nose gear unlocked resulting in minor damage to the aircraft. The cause of the initial problem appears to have been a stuck right main strut not allowing the right main to retract completely causing several retract rods to fracture.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED GSP AND ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT THE LANDING GEAR. THE INDICATION REVEALED THAT THE GEAR WAS NOT UP AND LOCKED. WHEN HE EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR HE GOT A DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION ON THE LEFT MAIN, BUT NOT THE RIGHT MAIN OR THE NOSE. AFTER TRYING TO CRANK THE GEAR DOWN AND APPLYING A NEGATIVE G LOAD THE RIGHT MAIN CAME DOWN AND LOCKED. THE NOSE DID NOT. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH THE NOSE GEAR UNLOCKED RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE CAUSE OF THE INITIAL PROBLEM APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN A STUCK RIGHT MAIN STRUT NOT ALLOWING THE RIGHT MAIN TO RETRACT COMPLETELY CAUSING SEVERAL RETRACT RODS TO FRACTURE.

Other reports on N2298F · 2

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

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