# Incident 20011029028789I: Cessna 310Q, Washington, PA, October 29, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 2001, 16:00 local time
- Place: Washington, PA
- Airport: Washington County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.1365° N, 80.2902° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WASHINGTON COUNTY (AFJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1365&lon=-80.2902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7772Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7772Q-2024-08-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011029028789I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON OCTOBER 29, 2001, AT APPROXIMATELY 16:00 HOURS, MR. JOSEPH MURRER, A CERTIFICATED PILOT, WAS ACTING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF A CESSNA 310Q MULTI ENGINE AIRCRAFT. IN AN INTERVIEW WIHT MR. MURRER, HE INDICATED THAT ON TAKEOFF HE SELECTED GEAR UP AND HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE AREA OF THE NOSE GEAR. HE SELECTED TO FLY AROUND A PERIOD OF TIME TO PERFORM THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST LANDING GEAR MANUAL EXTENSION. THIS DID NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. HE THEN RETURNED TO WASHINGTON COUNTY AIRPORT AND CONDUCTED A FLYBY WITH MAINTENANCE PEOPLE IN COMMUNICATION. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS HANGING AND NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. MR. MURRER MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON THE MAINS AND COLLAPSED NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT WAS EXAMINED ON OCTOBER 30, 2001, AND FOUND TO HAVE A BROKEN NOSE GEAR IDLER BELLCRANK. THIS ALLOWED THE FIRST TUBE ASSEMBLY FROM THE GEARBOX TO SEPARATE AND LAY ON THE FLOOR AND COMPLETE DISCONNECT OF THE REMAINING NOSE GEAR LINKAGE.

## Other reports on N7772Q (2)

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

- [Incident 20000630033979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000630033979I), Jun 30, 2000: Cessna 310Q (N7772Q), Syracuse, NY. (-23)On Friday, June 30, 2000, at 2026 local, a Cessna 310Q, N7772Q, flight 955, operated by mer leasing (d/b/a island express)reported the left engine running…
- [Incident 19931223050339I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931223050339I), Dec 23, 1993: Cessna 310Q (N7772Q), Rochester, NY. Pilot diverted to Rochester due to right frozen fuel mixture control. Maintenance lubed control. Continued flight.

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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