# Accident 19980326013539A: Cessna 310R, Sioux Falls, SD, March 26, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 1998, 04:05 local time
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Airport: Joe Foss Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BSYA
- Location: 43.5820° N, 96.7419° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at JOE FOSS FLD (FSD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5820&lon=-96.7419&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3700G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3700G-2010-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520-M (registry code 17233, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,455 total, 482 in this make and model, 341 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980326013539A

## Narrative

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

LANDED GEAR UP. PILOT ERROR. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DUE TO THE GUSTY CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, HE MADE A SINGLE 180 DEGREE TURN FROM DOWNWIND TO FINAL DURING AN APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 21. HE REPORTED THAT HE NORMALLY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR ON BASE LEG. ALSO, HE INDICATED THAT BECAUSE HE DID NOT FLY A NORMAL TRAFFIC PATTERN, (HIS HABIT PATTERN WAS INTERUPTED, AND) HE FAILED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE LANDING GEAR RETRACED.                                                                        (-23) PILOT DID NOT SELECT/EXTEND LANDING GEAR. DISTRACTIONS OF CROSS WIND, ALTERING TRAFFIC PATTERN, DROPPING CHECK LIST.

## 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 CHI98LA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA113), Mar 26, 1998: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Sioux Falls, SD, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to extend the landing gear for landing. Factors associated with the accident were: the crosswind, and the pilot not following his normal habit pattern of lowering the landing gear…

## Other reports on N3700G (3)

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

- [Accident 20070426005949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070426005949A), Apr 26, 2007: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Hatch, NM, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 26, 2007 at 19:15 mdst, a Cessna 310R, N3700G operated by aero charter and transport (N3BA) lost power on one engine and made an off-airport…
- [Incident 19970703016599I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970703016599I), Jul 3, 1997: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Omaha, NE, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed landing. Had unsafe light on approach. Used manual. Showed safe. Bellcrank had failed.
- [Incident 19960913032459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960913032459I), Sep 13, 1996: Cessna 310R (N3700G), Omaha, NE. Narrative: on September 12, 1996, approximately 1950 CST, Cessna 310R N3700G, experienced an unsafe left hand gear indication on approach to the sioux city…

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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