# Incident 20011025031259I: Cessna 310K, Santa Barbara, CA, October 25, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 2001, 07:30 local time
- Place: Santa Barbara, CA
- Airport: Santa Barbara Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.4262° N, 119.8415° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA BARBARA MUNI (SBA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4262&lon=-119.8415&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7043L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7043L-2020-04-03) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011025031259I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT KEITH ALLEN RAHN CERTIFICATE NUMBER 568680689, IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON 10/25/01 AT ABOUT 0730 AT SBA. WITHIN 1 OR 2 SECONDS AFTER LANDING THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THE THREE OCCUPANTS EXITED. NO ONE WAS INJURED AND THERE WERE NO FATALITIES. ALSO, THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO ANY OTHER PROPERTY. THE NOSE GEAR EXTENSION MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED AND AS A RESULT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT STAY IN EXTENDED POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR EXTENSION MECHANISM WAS DISCONNECTED AND THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED AND WAS HELD IN THE FIXED EXTENDED POSITION. ON 10/29/2001, I VISITED SBA AND FOUND BOTH LH AND RH PROP BLADES WERE BENT BACKWARDS. THE NOSE GEAR AND ITS DOORS WERE FOUND TO BE DAMAGED. THE NOSE CONE AND PITOT TUBE WERE FOUND TO BE DAMAGED. THE REST OF THE PLANE APPEARED TO BE OK. ON 11/14/01 AT SBA THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE LOGBOOKS WERE INSPECTED AND WERE FOUND TO BE CURRENT.

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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