# Incident 19970306007009I: Cessna 310R, Sioux City, IA, March 6, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1997, 17:52 local time
- Place: Sioux City, IA
- Airport: Sioux Gateway
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 42.5000° N, 96.4003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sioux City, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.5000&lon=-96.4003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3597G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3597G-2014-04-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970306007009I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: BSYA FLT 291 DEPARTED SIOUX FALLS, SD ON A PART 135 CARGO FLT TO SIOUX CITY, IA. WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR THE NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE FIELD AND THE CONTROL TOWER CONFIRMED VISUALLY THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND MANUALLY EXTENDED THE GEAR. THE TWO MAIN WHEEL WOULD FULLY EXTEND BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT. AS THE PILOT PUMPED THE GEAR DOWN THE NOSE GEAR WOULD PARTIALLY EXTEND. BUT THEN WOULD STOP AND THE PRESSURE IN THE PUMP BECAME VERY HARD AND COULD NOT BE FURTHER PUMPED. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 AT SUX. JUST BEFORE LANDING THE ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN AND THE PROPS FEATHERED. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED DURING LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. ONE OF THE LEFT PROP BLADES CONTACTED THE SURFACE AND WAS BENT UNDER. THE NOSE WHEEL GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED AS WELL AS SKIN NEAR THE RADOME AND THE RADOME ITSELF AND THE AIR DUCT. CONTRACT MECH. FROM JETSUN ARE REPAIRING THE AIRCRAFT. THEY STATED AT THIS STAGE OF THE REPAIR IT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT A GEAR IN THE GEAR BOX HAD FAILED CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR NOT TO FULLY EXTEND. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR ANYONE ON THE GROUND AS A RESULT OF THIS INCIDENT. THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N3597G (3)

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

- [Incident 19990729025839I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729025839I), Jul 29, 1999: Cessna 310R (N3597G), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. (-23) After a normal landing at the cmh airport on runway 28L, aircraft N3597G continued to roll down the runway after touchdown. ATC instructed the pilot to…
- [Accident 19831212063451A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831212063451A), Dec 12, 1983: Cessna 310R (N3597G), Kansas City, MO, Substantial damage. Cessna taxied into back of Beech N6416N. Cessna pilot said surrounding lights made it difficult to see aircraft.
- [Accident 19790225003589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790225003589A), Feb 25, 1979: Cessna 310R (N3597G), Latrobe, PA, Substantial damage. Student inadvertently retracted landing gear on rollout. Instructor on board

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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