20010627017509I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310N · Winchester, VA · June 27, 2001

Date: June 27, 2001 · 11:25 local
Place: Winchester, VA
Airport: Winchester Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4103Q
Reported as: Cessna 310N
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total250 in this make and model20 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) The pilot (Mr. Arthur koester) took off from Winchester airport (okv) at approximately 1125. It was a clear day with very little wind. The runway was clear and dry. When he (Mr. Koester) retracted the landing gear he heard a loud mechanical bang and observed that the nose gear was indicating unsafe. He then notified Winchester inter-comm and flew by the airport and ground personnel confirmed that the nose gear was in trail. Several air maneuvers were tried to secure the nose gear down with no result. He then returned to Winchester airport and made an uneventful nose gear up landing. Minimal damage was done to the nose gear doors, fairings and nose. The right prop was damaged as it struck the runway.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE PILOT (MR. ARTHUR KOESTER) TOOK OFF FROM WINCHESTER AIRPORT (OKV) AT APPROXIMATELY 1125. IT WAS A CLEAR DAY WITH VERY LITTLE WIND. THE RUNWAY WAS CLEAR AND DRY. WHEN HE (MR. KOESTER) RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR HE HEARD A LOUD MECHANICAL BANG AND OBSERVED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS INDICATING UNSAFE. HE THEN NOTIFIED WINCHESTER INTER-COMM AND FLEW BY THE AIRPORT AND GROUND PERSONNEL CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS IN TRAIL. SEVERAL AIR MANEUVERS WERE TRIED TO SECURE THE NOSE GEAR DOWN WITH NO RESULT. HE THEN RETURNED TO WINCHESTER AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL NOSE GEAR UP LANDING. MINIMAL DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, FAIRINGS AND NOSE. THE RIGHT PROP WAS DAMAGED AS IT STRUCK THE RUNWAY.