# Incident 20070424015379I: Cessna 310Q, South Boston, VA, April 24, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 24, 2007, 17:30 local time
- Place: South Boston, VA
- Airport: William M Tuck
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.7094° N, 78.8483° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILLIAM M TUCK (W78), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7094&lon=-78.8483&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31YK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N31YK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070424015379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) APRIL 24, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1730 LOCAL, N31YK A CE-310 PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED GEAR UP AT THE SOUTH BOSTON AIRPORT W78, VIRGINIA. DAMAGE WAS TO BOTH ENGINES, PROPELLERS, BELLY SKIN, VENTRAL FIN, FLAPS, GEAR DOORS, AND THE COWLING SURROUNDING THE ENGINE EXHAUST AREA. WEATHER WAS NOT A FACTOR. PILOT STATED HE PERCEIVED A PROBLEM WITH THE AIRCRAFT FLAPS DURING APPROACH. HE BECAME DISTRACTED BY THIS PERCEIVED PROBLEM AND STATES HE DID NOT CHECK FOR THE THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS. DURING THE FLARE WITH POWER RETARDED, THE LANDING GEAR UNSAFE HORN STARTED TO SOUND AND HE REALIZED THE GEAR WAS STILL UP.

## Other reports on N31YK (1)

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

- [Incident 19890121023269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890121023269I), Jan 21, 1989: Cessna 310Q (N31YK), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Extended gear to create stall. Noise heard when gear retracted. Landed with gear in trail. Push pull rod broke.

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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