# Incident 19990311020359I: Cessna 310P, Shreveport, LA, March 11, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 11, 1999, 18:21 local time
- Place: Shreveport, LA
- Airport: Shreveport Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DKBA
- Location: 32.4465° N, 93.8260° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHREVEPORT RGNL (SHV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4465&lon=-93.8260&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5817M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5817M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Reported engine: CONT O470N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 450 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990311020359I

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 11, 1999, AT 1821 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA, MODEL CE-310-P, N5817M, OPERATED BY AIR CARRIER'S, INC. (DKBA), EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION DURING APPROACH TO RUNWAY 05 AT SHREVEPORT REGIONAL AIRPORT (SHV) SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND SECURED BOTH ENGINES PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY, AS DID THE PRO TIP. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT CONTROL ROD, CESSNA PART NUMBER 0840125-3, HAD BROKEN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND THE PILOT WAS IN CONTACT WITH AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AT THE SHREVEPORT TOWER. THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFERED MINOR DAMAGE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT TYLER POUNDS FIELD (TYR), TEXAS, ON MARCH 11, 1999.

## Other reports on N5817M (1)

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

- [Incident 20030205001249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030205001249I), Feb 5, 2003: Cessna 310P (N5817M), Bessemer, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot stated: while taxing to runway left main landing gear collapsed, inspection of aircraft revealed that the gear down lock had broken.

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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