20020718020329I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T310Q · Greensboro, NC · July 18, 2002

Date: July 18, 2002 · 16:33 local
Place: Greensboro, NC
Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7508Q
Reported as: Cessna T310Q
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,600 total100 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

N7508QRegistered now · Cessna T310QS/N 310Q0008 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna T310Q Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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(-23) The aircraft departed from buy for a maintenance test flight. On departure, at approximately 800 ft. AGL, the pilot and passenger heard a loud "bang" after the landing gear was retracted. The nose gear was observed being approximately 45 degrees extended. The pilot diverted to gso and manually extended the landing gear. The main gear extended but the nose gear did not extend past the 45 degree point. Upon landing the nose gear collapsed further into the gear well and the nose and propeller blades contacted the runway. Post incident examination of the aircraft revealed that the nose gear . The nose gear then retracted and became jammed. The loud "bang" was most likely the breaking of the nose gear torque tube from the transmission. The pilot reported conducting a thorough preflight prior to the flight.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM BUY FOR A MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. ON DEPARTURE, AT APPROXIMATELY 800 FT. AGL, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD A LOUD "BANG" AFTER THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE NOSE GEAR WAS OBSERVED BEING APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES EXTENDED. THE PILOT DIVERTED TO GSO AND MANUALLY EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR. THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND PAST THE 45 DEGREE POINT. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED FURTHER INTO THE GEAR WELL AND THE NOSE AND PROPELLER BLADES CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR . THE NOSE GEAR THEN RETRACTED AND BECAME JAMMED. THE LOUD "BANG" WAS MOST LIKELY THE BREAKING OF THE NOSE GEAR TORQUE TUBE FROM THE TRANSMISSION. THE PILOT REPORTED CONDUCTING A THOROUGH PREFLIGHT PRIOR TO THE FLIGHT.