# Incident 20031226034849I: Cessna 310F, Mc Allen, TX, December 26, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 2003, 15:12 local time
- Place: Mc Allen, TX
- Airport: Miller International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.2034° N, 98.2300° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McAllen, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.2034&lon=-98.2300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6772X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6772X) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,921 total, 143 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20031226034849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON DECEMBER 26, 2003, CESSNA 310, N6772X, LANDED AT MCALLEN MILLER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT WITH THE NOSE GEAR ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT OR TWO PASSENGERS. THERE WAS NO FIRE. WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN, HE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT. HE DID A FLYBY AT MCALLEN AIRPORT AND ALSO CHECKED THE MIRRORS. ALL INDICATIONS WERE THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES AND PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURE TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED WITH THE MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID ABOUT 75 FEET ON THE NOSE. AFTER LANDING, THE NOSE WAS RAISED, THE NOSE GEAR WAS SECURED DOWN, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FROM THE RUNWAY. THE EXACT COMPONENT THAT FAILED WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE AIRCRAFT, THEREFORE, NO FUNDING FOR POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION TEARDOWN.

## Other reports on N6772X (1)

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

- [Incident 19990828024609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990828024609I), Aug 28, 1999: Cessna 310F (N6772X), Abingdon, VA, Minor damage. The pilot took off at 1410 EDT, on 8/28/99, from the Abingdon, VA (vji) airport with a passenger for a VFR navigational flight. Upon returning to the vji…

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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