# Incident 20011124035549I: Cessna 310G, Miami, FL, November 24, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 24, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: Opa Locka Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8962Z, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8962Z) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310G (registry code 2074218, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 34,000 total, 250 in this make and model, 125 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011124035549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND DURING LANDING. PILOT REPORTED TO OPALOCKA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, THAT HIS NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND IN THE NORMAL SYSTEM AND WITH THE EMERGENCY HAND CRANK SYSTEM. REVIEW OF THIS AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THE LAST MAINTENANCE PERFORMED IN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WAS DONE DURING THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION ON MAY 10, 2001. AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN 12.4 HOURS SINCE.

## Other reports on N8962Z (1)

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

- [Accident 19800823037439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800823037439A), Aug 23, 1980: Cessna 310G (N8962Z), West Helena, AR, Substantial damage. Airplane with instructor and student pilot landed gear up. No landing gear malfunction.

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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