# Incident 20020814020269I: Cessna 310Q, Marietta, GA, August 14, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 2002, 14:49 local time
- Place: Marietta, GA
- Airport: Cobb County-Mccollum Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0132° N, 84.5970° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COBB COUNTY INTL/MCCOLLUM FLD (RYY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0132&lon=-84.5970&mi=10
- Aircraft: N120SA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N120SA-2023-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Pilot flight hours: 3,718 total, 1,180 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020814020269I

## Narrative

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

(-23) SUBJECT AIRCRAFT HAD JUST COMPLETED MAINTENANCE (FOR UNRELATED REASONS) AND TEST FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED WITH NAMED PILOT AND MECHANIC ON BOARD ON DATE OF INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, SUBJECT AIRCRAFT REQUESTED A FLY-BY FROM THE RYY AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER AFTER BEING UNABLE TO RECEIVE A GEAR-DOWN INDICATION. ATC CONFIRMED MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITH ENGINES SHUT DOWN AND PROPS FEATHERED RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT WAS CALLED OUT BUT NOT USED. NOSE OF AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED AND GEAR FULLY EXTENDED AFTER NOSE GEAR DOORS WERE DISCONNECTED. AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO MAINTENANCE FACILITY WHERE ON-SITE INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED.

## Other reports on N120SA (1)

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

- [Incident 20220917016229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220917016229I), Sep 17, 2022: Cessna 310Q (N120SA), Madison, IN, Minor damage. The student pilot and instructor were practicing a short field approach to runway 21 in a Cessna 310 at Madison, Indiana, on September 17, 2022. According to…

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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