# Incident 20030531014449I: Cessna T310R, Texarkana, AR, May 31, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 2003
- Place: Texarkana, AR
- Airport: Texarkana Municipal Webb Fld
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4537° N, 93.9910° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEXARKANA RGNL-WEBB FLD (TXK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4537&lon=-93.9910&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1781E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1781E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030531014449I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON MAY 31, 2003 AT 1530CDT, A CESSNA MODEL 310R, N1781E, MADE A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 04 AT TEXARKANA REGIONAL AIRPORT (TXK), TEXARKANA, AR. THE MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE UNDERCARRIAGE. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HEARD A POPPING SOUND DURING RETRACTION OF THE GEAR AND DID NOT HAVE THREE GREEN LIGHTS. THE PILOT EXECUTED A GO AROUND AND FLEW BY THE TOWER AND CONFIRMED A PARTIALLY EXTENDED NOSE GEAR. THE PRIVATE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT AND THE SOLE PASSENGER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT HE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE GEAR BACK IN JANUARY OF 2003. HE SAID A MECHANIC CHANGED A BROKEN NOSE GEAR BRACKET THE LAST TIME AND NOW THE SAME ONE AGAIN WAS BROKEN. INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY TO DETERMINE CAUSE OF MALFUNCTION. THERE IS INDICATION THAT THE GEAR IN QUESTION WAS NOT PROPERLY RIGGED I/C WITH MANUFACTURER. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## Other reports on N1781E (1)

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

- [Incident 19850219019739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850219019739I), Feb 19, 1985: Cessna T310R (N1781E), Olathe_________, KS. Lost power during descent. Right engine shutdown. Case thru bolts and hold down studs sheared. Improper torque.

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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