# Incident 20010113000849I: Cessna 310L, Phoenix, AZ, January 13, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 13, 2001, 13:51 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3289X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3289X-2017-04-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,658 total, 1,026 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010113000849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT NOTICED L/G LITE MALFUNCTION DURING LANDING PHASE @DVT. ALL THREE (3) GEARS VISUALLY APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT T/DN @DVT AND KEPT NOSE OFF GROUND UNTIL APPROX. 20 MPH GRD. SPEED. WHEN N/L GEAR FINALLY TOUCHED DOWN, IT COLLAPSED. A/C SLID ON NOSE CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRFRAME AND "CURLED" BOTH PROP TIPS (BOTTOM2 OF EAZZ0 AS ENGINES WERE SHUT DOWN PRIOR TO LANDING, IN ANTICIPATION OF L/G COLLAPSING. NO INJURIES AND NO FIRE.

## Other reports on N3289X (1)

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

- [Incident 19951206046279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951206046279I), Dec 6, 1995: Cessna 310L (N3289X), Burbank, CA, Minor damage. Narrative: on 12-06-95, at approximately 2310 PST, a copper state airways (ejba) CE-310, flight no. 171, under the command of Mr. James r. milner, made a below…

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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