# Incident 19960509017209I: Cessna 310P, Sarasota-Brand, FL, May 9, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1996, 16:53 local time
- Place: Sarasota-Brand, FL
- Airport: Sarasota-Brandenton Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.3383° N, 82.5437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sarasota, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.3383&lon=-82.5437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310GK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310GK-2017-07-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T-310P (registry code 2074240, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 9,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960509017209I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MAY 9, 1996, AT 1653 HOURS EDT, A CESSNA 310, N310GK, OWNED BY ARTISAN TOOL AND DIE, INC., EXPERIENCED A NOSE GEAR COLLAPSE WHILE LANDING AT SARASOTA-BRADENTON INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (SRQ). VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS IN THE AREA. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE PRIVATE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SRQ AT 1615 HOURS EDT, THAT DAY. THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED HEARING A LOUD NOISE AFTER SELECTING LANDING GEAR UP FOLLOWING A NORMAL TAKEOFF. THERE WAS AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION IN THE COCKPIT. ATC WAS NOTIFIED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD A NOSE GEAR PROBLEM AND REQUESTED LANDING CLEARANCE. AIRCRAFT LANDED ON MAIN GEAR, MIXTURES WERE CLOSED, PROPELLERS WERE FEATHERED AND THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER DURING LANDING ROLL OUT. MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED. INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED A BROKEN NOSE GEAR DRIVE TUBE ASSEMBLY, CESSNA PART # 0842120-1. THE AFT CAST FITTING OF THE TUBE ASSEMBLY AT THE GEARBOX ATTACH POINT HAD SEPARATED. MAINTENANCE RECORDS INDICATED THE 1969 CESSNA T310P, N310GK, HAD A TOTAL AIRFRAME TIME OF 2,595 HOURS. MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT, FAA FORM 8010-4, WAS GENERATED BY THE REPAIR FACILITY.

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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