# Accident 20060510006949A: Cessna 310C, Allentown, PA, May 10, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 10, 2006, 09:30 local time
- Place: Allentown, PA
- Airport: Allentown Queen City
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5703° N, 75.4881° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5703&lon=-75.4881&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1788H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1788H-2007-11-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 500 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC06CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA113) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060510006949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT N1788H WAS LANDING AT QUEEN CITY AIRPORT (1N9), ALLENTOWN, PA, RUNWAY 7. WHEN N1788H WAS ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 7, A PILOT HOLDING ON THE TAXIWAY, ^PRIVACY DAT^ OBSERVED THAT N1788H'S LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. ^PRIVACY D^ RADIOED THE PILOT OF N1788H AND ADVISED HIM THAT HIS LANDING GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT OF N1788H DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THE RADIO CALL AND CONTINUED HIS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 7. THE PILOT LANDED GEAR UP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC06CA113](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC06CA113), May 10, 2006: Cessna 310C (N1788H), Allentown, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to lower the landing gear during landing.

## Other reports on N1788H (2)

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

- [Incident 19931129051489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19931129051489I), Nov 29, 1993: Cessna 310C (N1788H), Griffin, GA, Minor damage. Complete electrical failure in cruise flight. Landed gear up on grass strip west of airport.
- [Incident 19891203061889I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891203061889I), Dec 3, 1989: Cessna 310C (N1788H), Houston, TX, Minor damage. Nose gear collapsed from partially extended position on rollout.

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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