# Incident 20021203032109I: Cessna 310F, Kenai, AK, December 3, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 3, 2002, 15:49 local time
- Place: Kenai, AK
- Airport: Kenai Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 60.5733° N, 151.2448° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KENAI MUNI (ENA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=60.5733&lon=-151.2448&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5852X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5852X-2026-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310F (registry code 2074216, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 90 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021203032109I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT ABOUT 1549HR A CESSNA 310-F ENTERED THE LANDING PATTERN AT THE KENAI, ALASKA AIRPORT. PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR. DURING THE PROCESS OF THE LANDING GEAR EXTENSION, THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE ORIGINATING FROM THE NOSE AREA OF THE AIRPLANE. ONCE THE LANDING GEAR HAD LOWERED FULLY THE PILOT DID NOT RECEIVE A GREEN LIGHT INDICATING THAT EACH OF THE THREE LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT GETTING A GREEN LIGHT. PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR MANUALLY, STILL NO GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. PILOT REQUESTED AND WAS APPROVED FOR A FLY-BY OF THE KENAI TOWER. TOWER PERSONNEL SAW THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY LOWERED. PILOT CIRCLED THE KENAI AIRPORT AND DID ANOTHER FLY-BY, GROUND PERSONNEL ALSO VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT COMPLETELY LOWERED. PILOT COMPLETED EMERGENCY LANDING CHECK LIST. AIRPLANE LANDED ON RUNWAY 1L. NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING. BOTH NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS DAMAGED FROM CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. EACH BLADE OF THE TWO PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED. A SMAL PUNCTURE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP TANK. NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRPLANE. THE LANDING GEAR WAS SWUNG AT THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION IN SEPTEMBER 2002.

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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