# Incident 19980821021599I: Cessna 310I, Little Rock, AR, August 21, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 21, 1998, 16:19 local time
- Place: Little Rock, AR
- Airport: Adams Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7465° N, 92.2896° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Little Rock, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7465&lon=-92.2896&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77MB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77MB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 930 total, 80 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980821021599I

## Narrative

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

ACFT LANDED WITH THE LANDING GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED. (-23) ON AUGUST 21, 1998, AT 2119 Z, A CESSNA MODEL 310, N7MB, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE OWNER UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 91, THE SOLE COMMERCIAL PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO RETRACT AND LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 AT THE LITTLE ROCK AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE DURING LANDING AND NO INJURIES OCCURRED.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.  THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE NOSE GEAR MALFUNCTION WAS THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING INTERFERED WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS DURING RETRACTION.  THE PROBLEM WAS CORRECTED DURING REPAIRS.  IT WAS REPORTED BY NEW OWNERS THAT THE NOSE WHEEL FAIRING WAS BENT CAUSING THE MALFUNCTION.

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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