# Incident 20000131001459I: Cessna 310, Moses Lake, WA, January 31, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2000, 13:45 local time
- Place: Moses Lake, WA
- Airport: Moses Lake Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.1420° N, 119.2379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOSES LAKE MUNI (W20), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.1420&lon=-119.2379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2640C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2640C-2018-02-12) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,266 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000131001459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AT TAKE OFF, SOUNDS OF NOSE GEAR MECHANICAL FAILURE.  LOW PASS AT MOSES LAKE (MWH) ALLOWED ATCT PERSONNEL TO CONFIRM THAT NOSE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  SUCCESSFUL LANDING ACCOMPLISHED AT MOSES LAKE MUNI (WA40).  A/C SLID APPROXIMATELY 130 FEET AFTER NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  MINOR DAMAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS.  BOTH PROPS CONTACTED GROUND WHILE ENGINES WERE STILL TURNING IN I.C.O.

## Other reports on N2640C (1)

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

- [Accident 20091211052279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091211052279A), Dec 11, 2009: Cessna 310 (N2640C), Pasco, WA, Substantial damage. Pilot attempted to extend landing gear. Nose and left landing gear came down but the right did not. Attempted using the emergency extension procedure to lower…

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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