# Incident 20021227034549I: Cessna 310D, Las Cruces, NM, December 27, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 2002, 12:30 local time
- Place: Las Cruces, NM
- Airport: Las Cruces International Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2894° N, 106.9220° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAS CRUCES INTL (LRU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2894&lon=-106.9220&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6738T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6738T-2018-03-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Pilot flight hours: 27,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021227034549I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 27, 2002 AT 1230 MST A CESSNA 310-D, N6738T REGISTERED TO ADVENTURE LEASING, LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR NOT FULLY ENGAGED IN THE EXTENDED POSITION. SEVERAL ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO FULLY ENGAGE THE NOSE GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION BUT PILOT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL, THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A VFR FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE AND THE CERTIFICATED ATP PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO, ON DECEMBER 27, 2002, AT 1000 MST.

## Other reports on N6738T (1)

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

- [Incident 19951030042089I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951030042089I), Oct 30, 1995: Cessna 310D (N6738T), Kinston, NC, Minor damage. Narrative: during a flight from 5W9 to dpl in which the pilot/owner was receiving flight instructions, the pilot observed an unsafe nose gear indication after…

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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