# Incident 20010210000979I: Cessna 310L, Lexington, KY, February 10, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 10, 2001, 21:08 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0367° N, 84.6086° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BLUE GRASS (LEX), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0367&lon=-84.6086&mi=10
- Aircraft: N117JD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N117JD) (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 IO470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 130 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010210000979I

## Narrative

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

(-23) A/C DEPARTED JKL FOR LOCAL FLIGHT. PILOT STATED HEARD LOUD "POP" WHEN GEAR WAS RETRACTED. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT OR EXTEND BEYOND 45 DEGREE POSITION. PILOT CONTACTED LEX APPROACH, ,DECLARED EMERGENCY. LANDED AT LEX. NOSE GEAR ONLY COLLAPSED UPON ROLLOUT. A/C RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE LIMITED TO PROPELLORS AND FORWARD NOSE SECTION. NO INJURIES TO OCCUPANTS. NO FIRE. CAUSE OF GEAR FAILURE UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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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