# Incident 20040314003029I: Cessna 310P, Long Beach, CA, March 14, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2004, 17:32 local time
- Place: Long Beach, CA
- Airport: Long Beach - Daugherty Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7670° N, 118.1892° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Long Beach, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7670&lon=-118.1892&mi=10
- Aircraft: N777AL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N777AL-2010-02-22) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040314003029I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND ALL THREE GEAR. INVESTIGATED ALL OPTIONS, DECIDED TO LAND WITH LEFT MAIN STILL RETRACTED. PUSH-PULL ROD BRACE APPEARED TO HAVE BROKEN, ENABLING MOTOR TO RUN FULL LIMIT WITHOUT EFFECTING ASSOCIATED GEAR. SEE ATTACHED PILOT STATEMENT. SAFETY AND COMPETENCY WERE NOT AN ISSUE.

## Other reports on N777AL (3)

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

- [Accident 20090518008871A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090518008871A), May 18, 2009: Cessna 310P (N777AL), Long Beach Que, CA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) An aircraft notified Long Beach ATCT that it observed two Cessna aircraft colliding over the ocean approximately 5 miles south of Long Beach queen mary,…
- [Incident 19860512035409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860512035409I), May 12, 1986: Cessna 310P (N777AL), St Louis, MO, Minor damage. Popping sound from nose gear on retraction. Landed without gear locked down. Found nose gear door disconnected.
- [Incident 19790305009009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790305009009I), Mar 5, 1979: Cessna 310P (N777AL), Tyler, TX, Minor damage. With gear retraction loud pop was heard. Unable to extend nose gear.

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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