# Incident 20060304005849I: Cessna 310F, Fort Pierce, FL, March 4, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2006, 10:37 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Airport: St Lucie County International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6770X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6770X-2016-11-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310F (registry code 2074216, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 520 total, 320 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060304005849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) N6770X DEPARTED THE POMPANO BEACH AIRPORT ENROUTE TO FT. PIERCE, FL. UPON GEAR RETRACTION THE PILOT HEARD A LOUD BANG IN THE NOSE GEAR AREA. HE CHECKED THE MIRRORS MOUNTED ON THE TIP TANKS AND NOTED THE NOSE GEAR HAD ONLY PARTIALLY RETRACTED. THE PILOT PROCEEDED TO HIS DESTINATION FT. PIERCE, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MAINTENANCE ON THE FIELD AT POMPANO BEACH. DURING THE LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR AREA AND LEFT PROPELLER. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR BROKE DURING GEAR RETRACTION. FROM THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED IN AN UNAIRWORTHY CONDITION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF ANNUAL INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N6770X (3)

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

- [Accident 20160505005229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160505005229A), May 5, 2016: Cessna 310F (N6770X), North Little Ro, AR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. On may 5,2016, at 1332 CDT, an Cessna 310F, registered to lashbrook, inc., impacted a parking lot while attempting to return to the north Little Rock municipal…
- [Incident 19930325018769I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930325018769I), Mar 25, 1993: Cessna 310F (N6770X), Bridgeport, TX, Minor damage. Student flared high. Stalled and made hard landing. Nose gear collapsed.
- [Incident 19830519024559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830519024559I), May 19, 1983: Cessna 310F (N6770X), Santa Maria, CA, Minor damage. Distraction on downwind. Put gear up. Then landed without extending the gear.

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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