# Incident 19960120021439I: Cessna 310L, Greer, SC, January 20, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 20, 1996, 16:10 local time
- Place: Greer, SC
- Airport: Greenville-Spartanburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8957° N, 82.2189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREENVILLE SPARTANBURG INTL (GSP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8957&lon=-82.2189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2298F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2298F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120021439I

## Narrative

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

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.

- [Incident 20080724846629I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080724846629I), Jul 24, 2008: Cessna 310L (N2298F), Shelby, NC, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft was on return trip to Shelby, NC (eho) after three hour flight from flint, mi (fnt). Although the flight was conducted under IFR the weather was…
- [Incident 19901030055309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901030055309I), Oct 30, 1990: Cessna 310L (N2298F), Shelby, NC, Minor damage. Electrical failure. Landed gear up. Stated unable to extend gear with emergency system. Gear cranked down later.

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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