# Incident 19981018041369I: Cessna 310D, Fort Worth, TX, October 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 1998, 16:00 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6743T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6743T-2013-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 868 total, 90 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981018041369I

## Narrative

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

(-5)THE PILOT OF N6743T WAS ON SHORT FINAL MAKING A HARD LEFT TURN TO MEACHAM AIRPORT LOCATED IN FORT WORTH, TX AND WAS TOLD TO GO AROUND BY ATC BECAUSE THE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT GAVE NO RESPONSE TO ATC. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO LAND WITH GEAR UP AND IT APPEARED THAT AT THE LAST FEW MOMENTS BEFORE LANDING THE PILOT TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR.  THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE SHOWS THE LEFT ENGINE PROP STRUCK THE RUNWAY FIRST.  NO MARKS FROM THE GEAR DOORS WERE PRESENT AT THE FIRST PROP STRIKE.  A FEW FEET AFTER THE FIRST PROP STRIKE, SCRAP MARKS WERE FOUND FROM THE LEFT GEAR DOOR FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT GEAR DOOR.  PROP STRIKES WERE FOUND FROM THE RIGHT ENGINE A FEW FEET PAST THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TIRE SKID MARKS.  THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR TIRE MARKS WERE CAUSED FROM THE OUTBOARD SIDE OF THE TIRE.  IT APPEARS THE RIGHT MAIN WAS TRYING TO EXTEND DUE TO THE ANGLE OF ATTACK OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE LEFT SIDE WAS LOWER THEN THE RIGHT SIDE.  AFTER THE FIRST PROP STRIKE THE AIRCRAFT IS ESTIMATED TO HAVE TRAVELED APPROX. 500 FEET BEFORE STOPPING.  THE FLAPS WERE NOTED TO BE AT 15% LOWER.

## Other reports on N6743T (1)

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

- [Incident 19960212010429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960212010429I), Feb 12, 1996: Cessna 310D (N6743T), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02-12-96 at 6:00 pm, a Cessna, CE-310D, N6743T, operated by Mr. Denis oxelgren, ground looped after landing at Fort Worth Meacham Airport. VFR…

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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