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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310K · Big Spring, TX · April 19, 1997

Date
April 19, 1997
Place
Big Spring, TX
Airport
Big Spring Mcmahon-Wrinkle
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N6936L
Reported as
Cessna 310K
Reported engine
Continental IO470U
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
240 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: airworthiness-nose strut lost aircharge on takeoff, which allowed the nose strut to contact the nose gear doors and jam.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AIRWORTHINESS-NOSE STRUT LOST AIRCHARGE ON TAKEOFF, WHICH ALLOWED THE NOSE STRUT TO CONTACT THE NOSE GEAR DOORS AND JAM.