# Accident 20020319005309A: Cessna 310B, Provo, UT, March 19, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 19, 2002, 13:55 local time
- Place: Provo, UT
- Airport: Provo Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2203° N, 111.7278° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2203&lon=-111.7278&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5381A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5381A-2021-12-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310B (registry code 2074208, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN02LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA035) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020319005309A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED PVU RUNWAY 13. AFTER TAKEOFF GEAR SELECTED UP AND NO RED GEAR UP LIGHT LIT. PILOT VIEWED GEAR FROM WING MOUNTED MIRROR AND SAW NOSE LANDING GEAR (NLG) NOT FULLY RETRACTED (UP). PILOT CONTINUED CLIMB AND PROCEEDED TO CIRCLE U77. EMERGENCY CHECKLIST EMPLOYED, UNSUCCESSFULLY ATTEMPTED SEVERAL NORMAL EXTENSION/RETRACT CYCLES AND SEVERAL MANUAL EXTENSIONS. FUEL WAS BURNED OFF FOR OVER AN HOUR AND FLY-BY'S CONFIRMED NLG NOT FULLY EXTENDED. UPON LANDING ENGINE SHUT DOWN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. PROPS AND NLG DOORS DAMAGED, NLG WELL WHERE DOORS ATTACHED RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN02LA035](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN02LA035), Mar 19, 2002: Cessna 310B (N5381A), Provo, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: Failure of the nose landing gear retraction/extension assembly for an undetermined reason, which resulted in collapse of the nose landing gear on landing.

## Other reports on N5381A (2)

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

- [Incident 20200429005539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200429005539I), Apr 29, 2020: Cessna 310B (N5381A), Mena, AR, Minor damage. On 4/29/2020 at approximatley 1000 CDT, N5381A, a Cessna CE-310-B aircraft, flown by a certificated private pilot for this type aircraft. Pilot was flying from…
- [Incident 19941028039929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941028039929I), Oct 28, 1994: Cessna 310B (N5381A), Livermore, CA, Minor damage. Unsafe gear indication for landing. Left main folded on runway. Limit switch failed. Damaged gear box. Uncoupled syste

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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