# Incident 19970417014839I: Cessna 310, Denver, CO, April 17, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 17, 1997, 19:40 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5232A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5232A-2015-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,531 total, 1,268 in this make and model, 137 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970417014839I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: MR. RHODES EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AFTER DEPARTING APA ENROUTE TO CYS, HE ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION THEN EXECUTED A FLYBY AND APA ATLT ADVISED HIM THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. MR. RHODES LANDED THE C-310 ON RUNWAY 35R AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. AN INSPECTION REVEALED THE CAUSE OF THE MALFUNCTION TO BE FAILURE OF THE LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR MECHANISM INTERMEDIATE GEAR DRIVE TUBE ASSEMBLY. M OR D REPORT SUBMITTED, DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS MINOR AND THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT WERE FOUND TO BE IN COMPLIANCE. NO FURTHER ACTION.

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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