# Incident 20031023027719I: Cessna 310P, Enterprise, AL, October 23, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 2003, 20:24 local time
- Place: Enterprise, AL
- Airport: Enterprise Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.2997° N, 85.8998° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ENTERPRISE MUNI (EDN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.2997&lon=-85.8998&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5911M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5911M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,200 total, 800 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031023027719I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED EGLIN AFB ENROUTE TO ENTERPRISE, AL (EDN). PILOT STATED TO CAIRNES APPROACH THAT THERE WAS AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AFTER TAKEOFF. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN TO DEPLETE FUEL AND OVERFLEW BOTH CAIRNES AAF, AND ENTERPRISE (EDN) FOR A VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE GEAR BY PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT STATED THAT ELGIN PERSONNEL REPORTED THE RIGHT GEAR WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERED TO GET THE GEAR TO EXTEND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT ENTERPRISE, AL (EDN) WITH CRASH, FIRE, AND RESCUE VEHICLES IN POSITION ON THE RUNWAY. CAPT MIKE KELLY OF THE ENTERPRISE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT 20:24 CDT, AND THAT HALF WAY DOWN THE RUNWAY THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N5911M (2)

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

- [Accident 19791025032249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791025032249A), Oct 25, 1979: Cessna 310P (N5911M), Shreveporrt, LA, Substantial damage. Aircraft was being ferried for repairs following a gear-up landing. Gear collapsed after landing.
- [Incident 19780618046419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780618046419I), Jun 18, 1978: Cessna 310P (N5911M), Corpus Christi, TX, Minor damage. Landing gear collapsed during landing rollout. Found no evidence of malfunction.

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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