# Incident 20070118000589I: Cessna T303, Des Moines, IA, January 18, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2007, 23:14 local time
- Place: Des Moines, IA
- Airport: Des Moines International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5340° N, 93.6631° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DES MOINES INTL (DSM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5340&lon=-93.6631&mi=10
- Aircraft: N303TL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N303TL-2022-12-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T303 (registry code 2073820, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t303) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T303
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 990 in this make and model, 61 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070118000589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED ANKENY, IOWA (IKV) FOR FORT DODGE, IOWA (FOD). THE PILOT INDICATED THAT HE HIT SOMETHING ON TAKEOFF. WHEN RETRACTING THE GEAR, THE RED INDICATION LIGHT WOULD NOT GO OUT. THE PILOT WANTED TO LAND AT THE DES MOINES, IOWA AIRPORT (DSM). HE HAD 3 GREEN LIGHT INDICATION FOR HIS LANDING GEAR AND REQUIRED NO ASSISTANCE. UPON LANDING IN DSM, THE PILOT COULDN'T TAXI THE AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE METERING TUBE HAD BROKEN INSIDE THE L/H STRUT ASSEMBLY ALLOWING THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SHOCK STRUT TO COME OUT OF THE UPPER PORTION. INSPECTION ALSO REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT STRIKE ANYTHING DURING TAKEOFF FROM IKV.

## Other reports on N303TL (2)

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

- [Accident 20190817016259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190817016259A), Aug 17, 2019: Cessna T303 (N303TL), Lagrangeville, NY, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Aircraft departed orange county airport heading to republic airport with a fuel stop in Sky Acres. Video from Sky Acres shows N303TL landing and taxiing to…
- [Accident 20180204007359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180204007359A), Feb 4, 2018: Cessna T303 (N303TL), Great Barringto, MA, Substantial damage. On February 4, 2018, aircraft N303TL, a Cessna aircraft, model T303, serial number T30300826, was involved in an incident at Walter J. Koladza Airport (kgbr)…

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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