# Incident 19970225004249I: Cessna 310L, Kansas City, MO, February 25, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1997, 19:34 local time
- Place: Kansas City, MO
- Airport: Kansas City Downtown Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0997° N, 94.5786° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kansas City, MO, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0997&lon=-94.5786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3285X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3285X-2000-01-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 339 total, 60 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970225004249I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING A NORMAL APPROACH, PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND FAILED TO GET A GREEN LIGHT ON THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT RECYCLED THE GEAR, AND ATTEMPTED EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES WITHOUT SUCCESS. PILOT MADE A "FLY-BY" PAST THE CONTROL TOWER AND THEY REPORTED THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE TRAILING. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED. POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE PUSH PULL TUBE (CESSNA PART #0842121-1) TO THE NOSE GEAR HAD BROKEN, WHICH DISCONNECTED THE ENTIRE NOSE GEAR LINKAGE SYSTEM FROM THE GEAR MOTOR. TIME SINCE INSPECTION: 5 HOURS. GEAR CYCLES SINCE INSPECTION: 8 CYCLES. M/D REPORT SUBMITTED ON 02/27/97. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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