# Incident 20020213005009I: Cessna 310I, Nashville, TN, February 13, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 2002, 15:45 local time
- Place: Nashville, TN
- Airport: Cornelia Fort Airpark Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1903° N, 86.6997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Cornelia Fort Airpark, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1903&lon=-86.6997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N688D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N688D-2024-12-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 500 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020213005009I

## Narrative

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

(-23) NOSE GEAR WOULDN'T LOCK DOWN. PILOT ELECTED TO RETRACT MAIN GEAR AND LAND IN THE GRASS.

## Other reports on N688D (1)

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

- [Incident 19830523028709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830523028709I), May 23, 1983: Cessna 310I (N688D), Lafayette, IN, Minor damage. Gear collapsed on rollout. Was unable to get a safe gear down light. Found nose landing gear drive tube had failed.

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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