# Incident 20050225002249I: Cessna 310R, Billings, MT, February 25, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 2005, 10:28 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Billings Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.8078° N, 108.5435° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BILLINGS LOGAN INTL (BIL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.8078&lon=-108.5435&mi=10
- Aircraft: N277JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N277JD-2008-07-01) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,300 total, 120 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050225002249I

## Narrative

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

(-23) LEFT MAIN GEAR FAILURE UPON LANDING. ATC NARRATIVE: ALL TIMES ARE UTC. N277JD, A CESSNA 310, CALLED BILLINGS (BIL) GROUND CONTROL AT 1658 REQUESTING TO TAXI. THE PILOT ADVISED THAT HE WOULD BE OPERATING VFR TO THE NORTH PRACTICE AREA. TEN MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT CALLED LOCAL CONTROL (LC) READY FOR TAKEOFF. LC ISSUED A TAKEOFF CLEARANCE FOR RUNWAY 28R. AT 1711, N277JD CONTACTED THE RADAR NORTH (RN) POSITION. AT 1727, THE PILOT REQUESTED A FREQUENCY CHANGE TO TALK TO MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AT THE AIRCRAFT'S FBO. SIX MINUTES LATER, THE PILOT REQUESTED TO RETURN TO BIL TO EXECUTE A LOW APPROACH SO THAT MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL COULD SEE IF THE LANDING GEAR WERE EXTENDED. THE AIRCRAFT EXECUTED TWO LOW APPROACHES, ONE AT 1746, THE OTHER AT 1802. BOTH TIMES, LC REPORTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED FULLY EXTENDED BUT THE LEFT GEAR DOOR WAS STUCK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE PILOT SUBSEQUENTLY DEPARTED NORTH TO BURN OFF FUEL FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. AT 1818, THE PILOT REQUESTED TO PROCEED INBOUND FOR RUNWAY 25 AT BIL. AT 1821, THE AIRCRAFT REPORTED ON THE LC FREQUENCY AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. FIVE MINUTES LATER, LC CLEARED THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25. AIRPORT RESCUE AND FIREFIGHTINGEQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL WERE STANDING BY NEXT TO THAT RUNWAY. AT 1828, N277JD LANDED ON RUNWAY 25. AT THE INTERSECTION OF TAXIWAY A, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO EITHER OF THE PERSONS ON BOARD. ASOS WEATHER REPORT: KBIL 1830Z 23015KT 10SM CLR 12/M11 A2994

## Other reports on N277JD (2)

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

- [Incident 19931110046639I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931110046639I), Nov 10, 1993: Cessna 310R (N277JD), Billings, MT. Unsafe gear indication on approach. Landed safely. Found left gear micro-switch was out of alignment.
- [Incident 19930313005019I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930313005019I), Mar 13, 1993: Cessna 310R (N277JD), Billings, MT, Minor damage. Pilot on a multiengine flight test. Inadvertently retracted gear instead of flaps on a touch and go landing.

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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