20060131006099I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T310Q · Mesa, AZ · January 31, 2006

Date
January 31, 2006 · 08:40 local
Place
Mesa, AZ
Airport
Falcon Field Airport
Phase of flight
Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N7584Q
Reported as
Cessna T310Q
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,894 total375 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

(-23) On January 31, 2006, at 0940 mountain standard time, Cessna T31Q, N7584Q, nose gear collapsed on landing at Mesa Falcon field. The pilot said after he had departed the airport, upon retracting the landing gear, he heard a loud bang, he said he then had an unsafe gear indication. He then requested a low approach by the tower who confirmed the nose gear was down. The aircraft was being flown under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91. The pilot landed the aircraft with no injuries. The aircraft sustained minor damage. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JANUARY 31, 2006, AT 0940 MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME, CESSNA T31Q, N7584Q, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AT MESA FALCON FIELD. THE PILOT SAID AFTER HE HAD DEPARTED THE AIRPORT, UPON RETRACTING THE LANDING GEAR, HE HEARD A LOUD BANG, HE SAID HE THEN HAD AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION. HE THEN REQUESTED A LOW APPROACH BY THE TOWER WHO CONFIRMED THE NOSE GEAR WAS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING FLOWN UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.