20010416012569I

Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310I · St Louis, MO · April 16, 2001

Date
April 16, 2001 · 12:30 local
Place
St Louis, MO
Airport
Spirit Of St Louis Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N5330J
Reported as
Cessna 310I
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,055 total1,400 in this make and model23 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Upon approach for landing at sus, could not get NLG down and locked light. Tower advised pilot that NLG did not appear to be down. Pilot cycled gear and heard loud noise in NLG area. Towerthen advised pilot that NLG was partially down. Landed on rwy 26R. NLG collapsed on landing.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON APPROACH FOR LANDING AT SUS, COULD NOT GET NLG DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT. TOWER ADVISED PILOT THAT NLG DID NOT APPEAR TO BE DOWN. PILOT CYCLED GEAR AND HEARD LOUD NOISE IN NLG AREA. TOWERTHEN ADVISED PILOT THAT NLG WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. LANDED ON RWY 26R. NLG COLLAPSED ON LANDING.