# Incident 20060329009339I: Cessna 310K, Sterling Rockfa, IL, March 29, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 29, 2006, 15:30 local time
- Place: Sterling Rockfa, IL
- Airport: Whiteside Co Airport-Jos H Bitto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N7035L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7035L-2007-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060329009339I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE OWNER REPORTED NO ABNORMAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE NOSE GEAR DURING PREFLIGHT. THE PILOT HEARD A BUMP NOISE AFTER DEPARTURE. IT APPEARS THE NOSE STRUT COLLAPSED DURING TAXI OR TAKEOFF. AFTER TAKE-OFF THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND THE NOSE FENDER CAUGHT ON THE GEAR DOOR BRACKETS. THE GEAR SYSTEM ON THE CESSNA 310 IS MECHANICAL AND DEVELOPS A GREAT AMOUNT OF TORQUE. THE GEAR MOTOR WILL CONTINUE TO RUN UNTIL THE LIMIT SWITCHES ARE CLOSED OR SOMETHING BREAKS. IN THIS CASE WHEN THE NOSE GEAR STUCK ON THE GEAR DOOR BRACKETS, THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO PULL UNTIL THE IDLER BELLCRANK BROKE. AFTER THE BELLCRANK BROKE, THE MOTOR CONTINUED TO RETRACT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR NORMALLY. AT THIS POINT THE NOSE GEAR FELL BACK DOWN IN THE SLIPSTREAM WHERE IT REMAINED UNTIL LANDING. WHEN THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN, THE MAINS CAME DOWN NORMALLY BUT THE PUSHROD THAT WAS NO LONGER ATTACHED TO THE BROKEN IDLER BELLCRANK PENETRATED THE BULKHEAD AT FUSELAGE STATION 19.0 INSTEAD OF PASSING THROUGH THE NORMAL GUIDE HOLE IN THE BULKHEAD. KNOWING THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED, THE PILOT MADE AN EXCELLENT EMERGENCY LANDING CATCHING BOTH PROPS ON THE RUNWAY, BUT INCURRING ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.

## Other reports on N7035L (1)

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

- [Incident 19831227075589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831227075589I), Dec 27, 1983: Cessna 310K (N7035L), Opa Locka, FL, Substantial damage. Reported unsafe gear lights before recycling prior to landing. Right main gear collapsed while taxiing to ramp.

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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