# Accident 19980126000629A: Cessna 310Q, Kenosha, WI, January 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 26, 1998, 16:04 local time
- Place: Kenosha, WI
- Airport: Kenosha Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6194° N, 87.8299° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6194&lon=-87.8299&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8189Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470VO
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,084 total, 39 in this make and model, 135 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA088) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980126000629A

## Narrative

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

ON FINAL 14 GEAR HORN CAME ON. WENT AROUND. PROPS HAD HIT RUNWAY. UNABLE LANDED OFF ENW. GEAR HORN INOP FLAPS DOWN. (.4)THE PILOT TOOK OFF TO PRACTICE TOUCH-AND-GO'S.  HE MADE A TIGHTER THAN NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN DUE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY.  HE STATED HE WAS DISTRACTED DUE TO THE VISIBILITY.  THE PILOT FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  DURING TOUCHDOWN THE PROPELLER BLADES CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE PILOT PERFORMED A GO-AROUND.  AIRPLANE PERFORMANCE WAS DEGRADED DUE TO THE BENT PROPELLER BLADES.  THE PILOT OVERSHOT FINAL APPROACH AND WAS UNABLE TO PROPERLY ALIGN THE AIRPLANE WITH THE RUNWAY DUE TO THE DEGRADED PERFORMANCE.  THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A FIELD WHERE IT CONTACTED A SNOW BANK PRIOR TO TRAVELING ACROSS THE RUNWAY AND COMING TO A STOP.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE REVEALED THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN WOULD NOT OPERATE WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND FLAPS EXTENDED PAST 15 DEGREES.                           (-23) THE PILOT STATED: HE WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 14 AT ENW AND FAILED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR.  DURING THE LANDING FLARE THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN SOUNDED.  THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND.  THE PROPELLERS CAM                                  E IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND. THE PERFORMANCE OF THE ENGINE/PROPELLERS WA AFFECTED. WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED TO LAND ON 24R (ENW) IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED.  THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND STRAIGHT AND LEVEL AT ON APPROXIMATELY A 200 DEGREE HEADING DAMAGING THE PROPELLERS, LANDING GEAR, FLAPS, BELLY AND NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA088](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA088), Jan 26, 1998: Cessna 310Q (N8189Q), Kenosha, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to lower the landing gear and to properly align the airplane with the runway. Factors associated with the accident were: the inoperative gear warning, degraded aircraft…

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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