# Incident 19980101043839I: Cessna 310A, Greensboro, NC, January 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 1, 1998, 15:09 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5332A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5332A) (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 310A
- Reported engine: CONT O470L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980101043839I

## Narrative

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

(-5)A PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED RUQ ON A LOCAL VFR FLIGHT CONDUCTED UNDER PART 91 OF THE FARS. UPON RETRACTING THE GEAR, PILOT HEARD A LOUD THUMP FROM UNDER HIS FEET.  GEAR UP LIGHT WAS NEVER ILLUMINATED AND TIP TANK MIRRORS CONFIRMED THAT NOSE GEAR WAS ONLY PARTIALLY RETRACTED.  ATTEMPTS TO LOWER NOSE GEAR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL.  PILOT CHOSE TO FLY TO GSO WHERE ENERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS ABUNDANT AND A FLYBY OF GSO TOWER CONFIRMED THAT NOSE GEAR WAS UNSAFE.  PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 23 AT GSO WITH NOSE GEAR RETRACTED.  THERE WERE NO INJURIES.  SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED IDLER BELLCRANK, P/N 0842102, HAD FAILED.  THIS COMPONENT IS PART OF THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION SYSTEM.

## Other reports on N5332A (1)

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

- [Incident 19810429054359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810429054359I), Apr 29, 1981: Cessna 310 (N5332A), Vernal, UT, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed on landing roll. Down lock cam holder bolt hole elongated and cracked.

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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