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FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Wichita, KS · January 14, 2005

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Date
January 14, 2005 · 14:37 local
Place
Wichita, KS
Airport
Wichita Mid-Continent
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3418G
Reported as
Cessna 310R
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,170 total33 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days
N3418GRegistered now · Cessna 310RS/N 310R0826 · Built 1976Airframe modelCessna 310REngine modelContinental IO-520 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) The commercial rated pilot was returning from Nebraska on a pleasure flight with two passengers on board that was being operated under CFR 14 part 91 on an IFR flight plan. Upon gear extension for landing at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, the nose gear would not extend. A tower fly by revealed and verified that the nose gear looked to be partially stuck and not fully extended. A successful landing was made with the aircraft receiving damage on the nose cone and propellers. There were no injuries and weather was not a factor.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS RETURNING FROM NEBRASKA ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT WITH TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD THAT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER CFR 14 PART 91 ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN. UPON GEAR EXTENSION FOR LANDING AT WICHITA MID-CONTINENT AIRPORT, THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND. A TOWER FLY BY REVEALED AND VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LOOKED TO BE PARTIALLY STUCK AND NOT FULLY EXTENDED. A SUCCESSFUL LANDING WAS MADE WITH THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVING DAMAGE ON THE NOSE CONE AND PROPELLERS. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR.