# Incident 20020425019369I: Cessna 310R, Albany, NY, April 25, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2002, 12:35 local time
- Place: Albany, NY
- Airport: Albany County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: R9VA
- Location: 42.7491° N, 73.8020° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBANY INTL (ALB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7491&lon=-73.8020&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6186X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6186X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,090 total, 68 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020425019369I

## Narrative

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

(-23) UPON APPROACH INTO ALB, NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION, SUBSEQUENTLY THE NOSE GEAR FOLED ON LANDING. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE BOLT AND NUT ATTACHING THE RETRACT ROD TO THE IDLER BELLCRANK BACKED OUT CAUSING THE IDLER BELLCRANK TO FAIL.

## Other reports on N6186X (1)

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

- [Accident 19900215002739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900215002739A), Feb 15, 1990: Cessna T310R (N6186X), Chicago/Wheelin, IL, Substantial damage. Landing on wet compacted snow was pushed sideways by strong crosswind into snowbank on runway edge. Braking poor.

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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