# Incident 20020718020329I: Cessna T310Q, Greensboro, NC, July 18, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 2002, 16:33 local time
- Place: Greensboro, NC
- Airport: Piedmont Triad International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.1013° N, 79.9411° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PIEDMONT TRIAD INTL (GSO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1013&lon=-79.9411&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7508Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7508Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,600 total, 100 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020718020329I

## Narrative

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

(-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 AGL, THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD A LOUD "BANG" AFTER THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED.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.

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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