# Incident 19990222019149I: Cessna 310, South St Paul, MN, February 22, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 1999, 14:15 local time
- Place: South St Paul, MN
- Airport: South St Paul Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8880° N, 93.0405° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of South St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8880&lon=-93.0405&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4815B, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4815B) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Reported engine: CONT O470U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,285 total, 80 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990222019149I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ELECTED TO TAKEOFF AFTER NOTING THAT NOSE STRUT WAS VERY LOW OR FLAT. PILOT WAS UNAWARE THAT NOSE GEAR DID NOT RETRACT PROPERLY, CONTINUED TO DESTINATION.  UPON GEAR EXTENSION, NOSE GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND, MAINS EXTENDED NORMALLY.  PILOT CONFIRMED WITH OBSERVERS THAT MAIN GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED.  LANDED ON MAIN GEAR, LOWERED NOSE TO RUNWAY.  DAMAGE TO BOTH PROPELLERS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, NOSE SKIN AND ANTENNAS.

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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