# Incident 20040329008049I: Cessna T310Q, Frederick, MD, March 29, 2004

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2004, 11:00 local time
- Place: Frederick, MD
- Airport: Frederick Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4170° N, 77.3747° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FREDERICK MUNI (FDK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4170&lon=-77.3747&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7704Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7704Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 900 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040329008049I

## Narrative

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

(-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 20000906031429I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000906031429I), Sep 6, 2000: Cessna T310Q (N7704Q), Seminole, OK, Minor damage. (-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…

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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