# Incident 20000628035239I: Cessna 310P, Billings, MT, June 28, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2000, 14:53 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5771M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5771M-2020-01-06) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 15 in this make and model, 175 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000628035239I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND STATED THAT N5771M, A CE-310, DEPARTED RUNWAY 4 AT THE LAUREL AIRPORT (6S8), LAUREL, MONTANA, ON JUNE 28, 2000. AFTER DEPARTURE HE INDICATED THAT HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR, HEARD A LOUD BANG, AND RE-ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 4.  AFTER SELECTION OF GEAR DOWN, HE NOTICED THAT THE NOSE WHEEL DID NOT FULLY EXTEND AND LOCK INTO PLACE.  AFTER CONSULTING THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND PERFORMING SOME ADDITIONAL MANEUVERS, HE WAS UNABLE TO FULLY EXTEND AND LOCK THE NOSE WHEEL INTO POSITION.  HE STATES THAT HE THEN CONTACTED THE BILLINGS LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (BIL) ATCT FOR A LANDING ON RUNWAY 10L. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN, HE SECURED AND FEATHERED BOTH ENGINES.  ATC PERSONNEL FROM THE BIL ATCT STATE THAT AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST WITH THE MAIN GEARS FULLY EXTENDED AND THE AIRCRAFT RESTING ON ITS NOSE. A POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT BY MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR PERSONNEL IN OUR OFFICE INDICATES THAT DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS IN CONSISTENT WITH THE DAMAGE THAT OCCURS FROM LEAVING THE NOSE GEAR DOORS DISCONNECTED PRIOR TO FLIGHT. THE LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR HAD RUBBER FROM THE NOSE TI RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DOOR. THIS WOULD INDICATE THAT THE DOOR WAS CLOSED WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED.  DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT DOOR ALSO INDICATES THAT IT WAS CLOSED WHEN THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N5771M (1)

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

- [Incident 19930426018609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930426018609I), Apr 26, 1993: Cessna 310P (N5771M), Sioux Falls, SD, Minor damage. Pilot inadvertently moved gear selector switch to up position on rollout. Nose gear collapsed.

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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