# Incident 20030329008459I: Cessna 310L, Ulysses, KS, March 29, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2003, 15:00 local time
- Place: Ulysses, KS
- Airport: Ulysses Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6040° N, 101.3736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ULYSSES (ULS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6040&lon=-101.3736&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3355Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3355Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030329008459I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 03/29/03 A CESSNA 310-L OPERATED BY LARRY KEITH SMITH (CERTIFICATE #2200995) AND ONE PASSENGER DEPARTED TRI-ROTOR FIELD (A PRIVATE RUNWAY NORTH OF ULYSSES, KS) EN ROUTE TO ULYSSES. AFTER A NORMAL T/O THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP, APPROXIMATELY 5-6 SECONDS LATER A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD AND AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION RESULTED. THE PILOT CONTACTED ULYSSES UNICOM AND MADE A LOW PASS OVER THE FBO TO VERIFY THE CONFIGURATION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE WITNESSES CONTACTED THE PILOT AND INFORMED HIM THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS TRAILING APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES AFT. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED SEVERAL MANEUVERS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED, ALL TO NO AVAIL. HE FLEW FOR ABOUT AN HOUR TO BURN OFF EXCESS FUEL. PRIOR TO LANDING ON RUNWAY THE PILOT POSITIONED THE PASSENGER TO THE FAR AFT SEATS AND PERFORMED A POWER OFF LANDING. AS THE NOSE SETTLED ON TO THE CONCRETE THE AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET COMING TO REST ON THE CENTER LINE. THE PILOT AND HIS PASSENGER EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY AND WERE NOT INJURED. THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FWD NOSE SECTION, NOSE GEAR DOORS AND BOTH PROPS WERE DAMAGED. DUE TO THE DAMAGE INVOLVED THIS MISHAP HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS AN INCIDENT.

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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