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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna T310Q · Indianapolis, IN · June 22, 2007

Date: June 22, 2007 · 15:00 local
Place: Indianapolis, IN
Airport: Indianapolis Executive
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N372CC
Reported as: Cessna T310Q
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 21,300 total600 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N372CCRegistered now · Cessna T310QS/N 310Q1071 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna T310Q Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) The aircraft was landed without the nose landing gear in the down and locked position due to the failure of mechanical linkage utilized in the retraction/extension system of the nose landing gear. The failure of the mechanical linkage was caused by the inability of the nose landing gear strut cylinder to fully extend that resulted in an interference with the nose landing gear door linkage. That interference applied an abnormal load to the retraction/extension mechanical linkage when the landing gear was in the process of retraction.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS LANDED WITHOUT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION DUE TO THE FAILURE OF MECHANICAL LINKAGE UTILIZED IN THE RETRACTION/EXTENSION SYSTEM OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR. THE FAILURE OF THE MECHANICAL LINKAGE WAS CAUSED BY THE INABILITY OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR STRUT CYLINDER TO FULLY EXTEND THAT RESULTED IN AN INTERFERENCE WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR DOOR LINKAGE. THAT INTERFERENCE APPLIED AN ABNORMAL LOAD TO THE RETRACTION/EXTENSION MECHANICAL LINKAGE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE PROCESS OF RETRACTION.