# Incident 20061113025229I: Cessna 310F, Thomaston, GA, November 13, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2006, 18:00 local time
- Place: Thomaston, GA
- Airport: Thomaston-Upson County Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9550° N, 84.2641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at THOMASTON-UPSON COUNTY (OPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9550&lon=-84.2641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N610RC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N610RC) (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
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 650 total, 259 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20061113025229I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT STATED THAT HE HAD JUST PICKED THE AIRCRAFT UP FROM THE ANNUAL INSPECTION AND FLEW TO HIS HOME BASE. UPON ARRIVAL, WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE LANDING GEAR, HE DID NOT GET A GREEN LIGHT, SAFE GEAR INDICATION. AIRPORT AND MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ON THE GROUND ADVISED HIM THAT IT APPEARED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURES NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT SUCCESS. THE NOSE GEAR STILL WOULD NOT LOCK IN THE DOWN POSITION WITH A GREEN LIGHT. THE PILOT CONDUCTED THE APPROACH AND LANDING, UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED MINOR DAMAGE UNDER THE NOSE COWLING, AND THE LANDING GEAR DOORS.

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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