# Incident 19981223045679I: Cessna 310L, Van Nuys, CA, December 23, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 23, 1998
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Van Nuys Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2098° N, 118.4900° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VAN NUYS (VNY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2098&lon=-118.4900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2240F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2240F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT IO470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 12 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981223045679I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VNY HEADED FOR OXR. UPON RETRACTION OF LDG, ABNORMAL NOISES WERE HEARD.  RECYCLED GEAR AND TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR NOT FULLY EXTENDED.  PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING AT VNY WHERE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO A/C.

## Other reports on N2240F (5)

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

- [Incident 20060503010569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060503010569I), May 3, 2006: Cessna 310L (N2240F), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) After takeoff pilot heard "bang noise" when he retracted the landing gear. Pilot observed unsafe landing gear indication in cockpit. Pilot contacted the…
- [Incident 19890223032459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890223032459I), Feb 23, 1989: Cessna 310L (N2240F), La Porte, TX, Minor damage. Unsafe gear light. Made a go around. Right gear collapsed on touchdown. Spun around and came to rest on grass.
- [Incident 19821201004789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821201004789I), Dec 1, 1982: Cessna 310L (N2240F), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed on rollout. Found a broken forward casting on the intermediate push pull tube.
- [Incident 19790203004699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790203004699I), Feb 3, 1979: Cessna 310L (N2240F), Bakersfield, CA, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on rollout, no malfunctions found.
- [Accident 19750128001159A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750128001159A), Jan 28, 1975: Cessna 310L (N2240F), Bakersfield, CA, Substantial damage. Rt ldg gear torque tube arm bolt holes for retract & extnsion rod worn out. Plt parking acft.

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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