# Incident 20050114000939I: Cessna 310R, Wichita, KS, January 14, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 2005, 14:37 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Wichita Mid-Continent
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.6922° N, 97.3375° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wichita, KS, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6922&lon=-97.3375&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3418G, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3418G) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,170 total, 33 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050114000939I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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