# Incident 20060914019849I: Cessna U3A, Franklin, NC, September 14, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2006, 16:45 local time
- Place: Franklin, NC
- Airport: Macon County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2223° N, 83.4200° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MACON COUNTY (1A5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2223&lon=-83.4200&mi=10
- Aircraft: N75852, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N75852-2012-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna U-3A (registry code 2074206, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-u-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA U3A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060914019849I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2006, A 1957 CESSNA 310 DEPARTED FROM MACON COUNTY AIRPORT IN FRANKLIN, NC. TAKEOFF WAS AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS LOCAL TIME. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OPERATED FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. WHEN THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND, THE RIGHT GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE MANUAL EXTENSION WAS SELECTED WITH NO HELP. THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND IT GEAR UP. AT APPROXIMATELY 1645 THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY AT MACON COUNTY (1A5).

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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