# Incident 19961023043499I: Cessna 310Q, Hayden, CO, October 23, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1996, 15:15 local time
- Place: Hayden, CO
- Airport: Yampa Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.4812° N, 107.2177° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at YAMPA VALLEY (HDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4812&lon=-107.2177&mi=10
- Aircraft: N315Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N315Z-2014-02-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 451 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/19961023043499I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DIXON, WY (9U4) FOR SHORT LOCAL AREA SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. AFTER THE TAKEOFF, PIC HEARD A "POP", MADE A COUPLE OF PASSES OVER THE AIRPORT. PIC SAW HIS BROTHER, WHO WAS ON THE GROUND, SIGNAL THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. PIC WAS UNABLE TO GET THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND DECIDED TO LAND AT HDN DUE TO THEIR EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AVAILABILITY. PIC RADIOED TO THE HDN FBO TO CHECK HIS LANDING GEAR WHEN HE DID A FLY-BY. FBO CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN GEAR, WHICH WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. HE SHUT DOWN BOTH ENGINES JUST PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, AVOIDING SUDDEN STOPPAGE TO THE ENGINES AT TOUCHDOWN. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINIMAL, BUT BOTH PROPELLERS WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE DAMAGE WAS CONFINED TO SKIN DAMAGE TO THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE. NO FURTHER ACTION TAKEN.

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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