# Incident 20040310003919I: Cessna 310L, Hutchinson, KS, March 10, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 10, 2004, 18:15 local time
- Place: Hutchinson, KS
- Airport: Hutchinson Municipal
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0662° N, 97.8605° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HUTCHINSON RGNL (HUT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0662&lon=-97.8605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46HH-2012-11-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,273 total, 89 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040310003919I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE TWIN ENGINE CESSNA 310-L WAS BEING FLOWN ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT OPERATING UNDER CFR 14 PART 91 IN VFR CONDITIONS, AND WAS RETURNING TO THE PILOTS HOME BASE AT HUTCHINSON, KANSAS. ON GEAR EXTENSION FOR LANDING ON RUNWAY 35 THE PILOT NOTICED AN UNLOCKED INDICATION ON THE NOSE GEAR. THE TOWER WAS INFORMED AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO LOCK DOWN. ALL ATTEMPTS TO LOCK THE NOSE GEAR IN PLACE FAILED. THE PILOT MADE A SUCCESSFUL LANDING AT WHICH TIME THE NOSE GEAR DID COLLAPSE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT AND THREE OTHER PERSONS ON BOARD WERE NOT INJURED, THERE WAS NO FIRE, AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION.

## Other reports on N46HH (1)

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

- [Accident 19820202001349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820202001349A), Feb 2, 1982: Cessna 310L (N46HH), Freeport, Bahamas, Substantial damage. Left gear collapsed during taxi for takeoff.

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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