# Incident 20020402008199I: Cessna 310K, Ft Lauderdale, FL, April 2, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 2, 2002, 20:50 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N473S, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N473S) (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
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 420 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020402008199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON APRIL 1, 2002, AT 20:50 HOURS CESSNA 310, N473S, LANDED AT FORT LAUDERDALE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, WITH THE LANDING GEAR IN THE RETRACTED POSITION. THE PILOT HAD EXTENDED THE FLAPS AND THOUGHT THAT HE HAD LOWERED THE GEAR. AS HE CLOSED THE THROTTLES AND FLARED FOR LANDING HE HEARD THE GEAR HORN AND HEARD METAL STRIKING THE RUNWAY. HE PULLED THE MIXTURES AND SLID DOWN THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AND PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.

## Other reports on N473S (1)

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

- [Incident 19920428034439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920428034439I), Apr 28, 1992: Cessna 310K (N473S), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Minor damage. Unable to extend nose gear. Shut both engines down and landed nose gear up.

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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