# Incident 20010627017509I: Cessna 310N, Winchester, VA, June 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2001, 11:25 local time
- Place: Winchester, VA
- Airport: Winchester Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1435° N, 78.1444° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WINCHESTER RGNL (OKV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1435&lon=-78.1444&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4103Q (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 250 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/20010627017509I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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