# Accident 20040321008499A: Cessna T310R, Denver, CO, March 21, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 2004, 12:00 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Jeffco Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9083° N, 105.1167° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9083&lon=-105.1167&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3465G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3465G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN04CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA054) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040321008499A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT DEPARTED GRANDBY CO (GNB) ON DESCENT AUTOPILOT WOULD NOT FOLLOW A CONTROLLED DESCENT. HE FLEW THE AIRCRAFT MANUALLY TO A DESCENT INTO FORT COLLINS AREA SOUTH OF TOWN. ELECTRIC ALTIMETER WAS STUCK 13,500 THE COPILOTS INSTRUMENTS WERE OK. DURING THE DESCENT THE #1 COMM, CARMIN GPS 430 BECAME INTERMITTENT, AND THE #2 COMM WAS INOP. HE DIDN'T HAVE A RELIABLE FUEL GAUGE BECAUSE OF THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS EVEN THOUGH HE SHOWED 25 VOLTS ON THE BATTERY. PILOT HAD TROUBLE CONTACTING JEFFCO TOWER, HE EXPECTED TO HAVE LIGHTS FROM THE TOWER BUT DID NOT, HE MADE A MISSED APPROACH WITH SOMEONE ON THE RUNWAY AND PULLED HIS GEAR UP, BUT ON THE SECOND ATTEMPT FAILED TO EXTEND HIS LANDING GEAR, OR ATTEMPT TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN04CA054](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN04CA054), Mar 21, 2004: Cessna T310R (N3465G), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's improper in-flight planning/decision and his failure to verify the landing gear position. Factors contributing to the accident were the pilot's diverted attention due to the electrical…

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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