# Incident 20000916030259I: Cessna 310H, Lincoln, NE, September 16, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2000, 14:00 local time
- Place: Lincoln, NE
- Airport: Lincoln Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8509° N, 96.7591° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LINCOLN (LNK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8509&lon=-96.7591&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99JT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99JT-2017-06-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310H (registry code 2074220, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310H
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 470 total, 150 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000916030259I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT FROM SEWARD, NEBRASKA, TO LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. PIC ATTEMPTED RECYCLING THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES USING THE ELECTRIC GEAR SYSTEM AND EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LNK AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR DRIVE TUBE HAD BROKEN, LIMITING THE NOSE GEAR TRAVEL THUS PREVENTING THE NOSE GEAR FROM LOCKING IN THE DOWN POSITION.

## Other reports on N99JT (1)

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

- [Incident 19870426019479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870426019479I), Apr 26, 1987: Cessna 310H (N99JT), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Engine quit during taxi. Engine cowling was blown off during restart attempt. Suspect fuel vapors on downwind start

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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