# Incident 19990614007049I: Cessna 310Q, Belleville, IL, June 14, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1999, 10:45 local time
- Place: Belleville, IL
- Airport: Scott Afb/Midamerica Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5452° N, 89.8352° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Scott AFB/Midamerica Airport (BLV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5452&lon=-89.8352&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6258Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,760 total, 45 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990614007049I

## Narrative

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

CREW HEARD A LOUD "BANG" IN TH NOSE AREA OF THE ACFT ON TAKE-OFF AND NOTICED AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION, IT WAS VERIFIED BY THE TOWER THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY RETRACTED, THE CREW PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND BURNED OFF FUEL, LANDED ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR, AND CAME TO REST ON ITS NOSE, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23) ON TAKEOFF PILOT HEARD LOUD BANK FROM NOSE AREA OF AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT TO THAT INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG, PILOT NOTICE AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION IN COCKPIT. PILOT CONTINUED TO FLY THE AIRCRAFT SO THAT THE TOWER COULD VERIFY UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. TOWER CONFIRMED NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES AND FLEW THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN ADDITIONAL 2.5 HRS. (APPROXIMATELY) TO BURN OFF EXTRA FUEL TO MINIMIZE POTENTIAL FIRE PROBLEM AT LANDING. PILOT ELECTED TO FERRY THE AIRCRAFT TO MID-AMERICA AIRPORT, MASCOUTAH, IL WHERE ADEQUATE RUNWAY AND AIRPORT OPERATIONS COULD BETTER HANDLE EMERGENCY LANDING WITH AN UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. UPON LANDING, AIRCRAFT LANDED ON ITS MAIN GEAR SLOWLY COMING TO REST ON THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. DAMAGE OCCURRED TO BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE NOSE ON THE AIRCRAFT.

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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