# Incident 19960828024479I: Cessna 310Q, Chattanooga, TN, August 28, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1996, 20:00 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: VXPA
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N453C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470VO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 650 in this make and model, 193 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960828024479I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 28, 1996, I LEFT KNOXVILLE (TYS) ENROUTE TO CHATTANOOGA (CHA) TO PICK UP BANK WORK AND BRING IT BACK TO TYS./IT WAS A DEAD HEAD LEG TO CHA AND PART 135 FOR THE RETURN LEG ONLY. UPON ARRIVAL AT CHA I WAS VECTORED ON THE DOWN WIND AND INFORMED THAT I WAS NUMBER THREE FOR THE AIRPORT. TO AVOID GETTING A LONG WAY AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT I BEGAN SLOWING THE AIRCRAFT DOWN ONCE I WAS ABEAM THE TOUCHDOWN POINT. AT THAT TIME I PULLED THE MANIFOLD PRESSURE BACK TO ABOUT 18", EXTENDED APPROACH FLAPS, AND LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. I CONTINUED TO LOOK FOR THE TRAFFIC, AND WAS FINALLY TURNED TO BASE THEN CLEARED FOR THE VISUAL TO RUNWAY 2 AS THE TRAFFIC WAS ON SHORT FINAL AND NO FACTOR. TO GET BACK TO THE AIRPORT A LITTLE QUICKER I RETRACTED THE GEAR AND WAS HANDED OFF TO THE TOWER. AT THIS POINT I WAS CLEARED TO LAND RWY 2 AND BEGAN EXTENDING THE REST OF THE FLAPS AND NEVER RECHECKED THAT I HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. I BELIEVE I JUST HAD A MENTAL PICTURE OF HAVING THE GEAR EXTENDED ON THE DOWNWIND, AND COMPLETELY FORGOT TO RE-EXTEND IT FROM THE TIME I WAS CLEARED FOR THE APPROACH (APPROXIMATELY 7 MILES) UNTIL I TOUCHED DOWN WITH FULL FLAPS AND NO GEAR.

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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