# Incident 20020929029019I: Cessna 310H, Manassas, VA, September 29, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 29, 2002, 16:33 local time
- Place: Manassas, VA
- Airport: Harry P Davis Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7468° N, 77.4826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manassas, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7468&lon=-77.4826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1023Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1023Q-2005-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310H (registry code 2074220, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310h) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310H
- Reported engine: CONT IO470D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 225 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020929029019I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED JYO AT 2050Z. HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND WHEN HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND DID NOT GET A GEAR UP INDICATION. HE PROCEEDED TO HEF WHERE HE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO LOWER THE GEAR FOLLOWED BY LOW PASSES OF THE CONTROL TOWER TO DETERMINE THE CONDITION OF THE GEAR. ALL THREE LANDING GEAR WERE HALFWAY DOWN AND COULD NOT BE MOVED. THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 34R. THE PROPS WERE FEATHERED ON SHORT FINAL AND DAMAGE WAS LIMITED TO LANDING GEAR AND DOORS. THE NOSE GEAR FAILED IN A FORWARD POSITION CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N1023Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19880126012079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880126012079I), Jan 26, 1988: Cessna 310H (N1023Q), Pensacola, FL, Minor damage. Unable to lock gear down. Gear collapsed on rollout. Found nose wheel push pull rod bent.

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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