# Incident 20010827024939I: Cessna 310K, Ft Lauderdale, FL, August 27, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2001, 07:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7079L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7079L-2006-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT IO470V
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 380 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010827024939I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT ON APPROVED MAINTENANCE FERRY FLIGHT FROM WALKERS CAY, BAHAMAS FOLLOWING GEAR UP LANDING. REQUIRED MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED TO PREPARE THE AIRCRAFT FOR FERRY. MECHANIC DID NOT BRACE LANDING GEAR DUE TO LACK OF PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO THE GEAR. LANDING GEAR WAS LEFT IN DOWN POSITION FOR FLIGHT TO EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (FXE) AS A PRECAUTION. AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN GROUND RUN AND TAXIED SEVERAL TIMES AT WALKERS CAY PRIOR TO FERRY. MECHANIC ELECTED TO RETURN WITH AIRCRAFT AS PART OF MINIMUM CREW. UPON TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 26 AT FXE, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WITH BOTH PROPS STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THERE WRE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR MECHANIC. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS SHEET METAL TO BELLY, PROPS BENT AND ENGINES REQUIRING TEARDOWN.

## Other reports on N7079L (1)

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

- [Incident 19980508020519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980508020519I), May 8, 1998: Cessna 310K (N7079L), West Palm Beach, FL, Minor damage. Nose gear failed extend. Push pull rod failed. Caused 45000 dollars damage to aircraft.

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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