# Incident 19961106041039I: Cessna 310L, Gainesville, FL, November 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 1996, 12:00 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Airport: Gainesville Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6901° N, 82.2718° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAINESVILLE RGNL (GNV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6901&lon=-82.2718&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2257F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2257F-2017-10-27) (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: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 22,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961106041039I

## Narrative

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

TAXIING TO RAMP LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. SUPPORT TUBE PULLED LOOSE FROM RTB ASSEMBLY. STRESSED BELLCRANK BRACE.

## Other reports on N2257F (1)

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

- [Incident 19910425019369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910425019369I), Apr 25, 1991: Cessna 310L (N2257F), Gainesville, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear trailing after takeoff. Returned. Nose ger collapsed on rollout. Idler bellcrank broke.

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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