# Incident 20060616018179I: Cessna 310L, Butler, PA, June 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 2006, 11:30 local time
- Place: Butler, PA
- Airport: Butler County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.8616° N, 79.8962° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Butler, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8616&lon=-79.8962&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3265X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3265X-2007-03-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060616018179I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 ET, SHORTLY AFTER TAKE OFF, PILOT REPORTED HEARING A LOUD BANG AFTER LANDING GEAR WAS FULLY RETRACTED. PILOT MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR TO THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION TO NO AVAIL. NOSE GEAR WOULD EXTEND BUT WOULD NOT LOCK IN POSITION. PILOT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT TO EXHAUST FUEL SUPPLY. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL ON RUNWAY 8 AND AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE ACTIONS OR INACTIONS OF THE PILOT DID NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THIS INCIDENT. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INVESTIGATION.

## Other reports on N3265X (1)

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

- [Incident 19860225010349I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860225010349I), Feb 25, 1986: Cessna 310L (N3265X), Hagerstown, MD, Minor damage. Nose gear light stayed on after takeoff. Recycled gear. Returned with appearance of gear down. Right main collapsed

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.