# Incident 19980901027829I: Cessna 310K, Forest City, IA, September 1, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1998, 12:30 local time
- Place: Forest City, IA
- Airport: Forest City Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2347° N, 93.6241° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Forest City Municipal Airport (FXY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2347&lon=-93.6241&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6992L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6992L-2000-08-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980901027829I

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTING FOREST CITY, IA, AIRPORT, PILOT NOTED UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AND DECIDED TO RETURN TO AIRPORT. HE EXCUTED APPROPIATE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. LANDING WAS EXECUTED WITH BOTH PROPELLERS IN FEATHER POSITION. UPON TOUCHDOWN, NOSE GEAR COLLAPED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT NOSE GEAR CENTERING MECHANISM FAIELD THUS FAILING TO CENTER THE NOSE GEAR BEFORE RETRACTION, CAUSING THE RETRACTION SYSTEM TO JAM AND RESULTING IN GEAR FAILURE.

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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