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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T310Q · Frederick, MD · March 29, 2004

Date: March 29, 2004 · 11:00 local
Place: Frederick, MD
Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7704Q
Reported as: Cessna T310Q
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520B
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 5,000 total900 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N7704QRegistered now · Cessna T310QS/N T310Q0204 Airframe modelCessna T310Q Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Departed fdk, heard loud snap during gear retraction. Nose gear did not fully retract. Circled for about 1.5 hours trying to extend gear. Had pax pull access cover to landing gear actuator gearbox, found bellcrank completely broken. Landed with nose gear partially retracted, no injuries. Minor damage to aircraft. Inspection of the aircraft indicated that the nose gear doors had been impacted by the nose wheel during retraction and had crushed up into the nose wheel wall. The nose gear door push/rods were not attached to the door arms. The clevis bolts were attached to the rods but had no nuts installed and showed no signs of damage. Frederick aviation, repair station LC1R291K, had just replaced the heater assembly which is located in the nose baggage area. The mechanic who had performed the work stated that he had accessed the nose gear well to install a heater drain line.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DEPARTED FDK, HEARD LOUD SNAP DURING GEAR RETRACTION. NOSE GEAR DID NOT FULLY RETRACT. CIRCLED FOR ABOUT 1.5 HOURS TRYING TO EXTEND GEAR. HAD PAX PULL ACCESS COVER TO LANDING GEAR ACTUATOR GEARBOX, FOUND BELLCRANK COMPLETELY BROKEN. LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY RETRACTED, NO INJURIES. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOORS HAD BEEN IMPACTED BY THE NOSE WHEEL DURING RETRACTION AND HAD CRUSHED UP INTO THE NOSE WHEEL WALL. THE NOSE GEAR DOOR PUSH/RODS WERE NOT ATTACHED TO THE DOOR ARMS. THE CLEVIS BOLTS WERE ATTACHED TO THE RODS BUT HAD NO NUTS INSTALLED AND SHOWED NO SIGNS OF DAMAGE. FREDERICK AVIATION, REPAIR STATION LC1R291K, HAD JUST REPLACED THE HEATER ASSEMBLY WHICH IS LOCATED IN THE NOSE BAGGAGE AREA. THE MECHANIC WHO HAD PERFORMED THE WORK STATED THAT HE HAD ACCESSED THE NOSE GEAR WELL TO INSTALL A HEATER DRAIN LINE.

Other reports on N7704Q · 1

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

Incident 20000906031429ILevel Off Touchdown · Seminole, OK(-23)Landing gear would not extend for landing. Pilot elected to land in grass adjacent to the paved runway resulting in minor damage to the propellers and tail tie down. Preliminary on-scene investigation indicates failure of either the landing gear…Sep 6, 2000 · Minor damage