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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310D · Denver, CO · September 25, 2007

Date: September 25, 2007 · 17:03 local
Place: Denver, CO
Airport: Centennial
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N200JD
Reported as: Cessna 310D
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

N200JDRegistration cancelled May 31, 2017 · Cessna 310DS/N 39243 Airframe modelCessna 310D

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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 in the pattern at Centennial airoprt (apa) practicing touch and gos. After last takeoff the pilot had a gear unsafe indication and requested to leave the pattern to cycle the gear. The aircraft returned to apa approximately a half hour later and requested the tower to make visual check of the gear position. Tower reported that the nose gear was not down. The aircraft departed the area again and requested to talk to a mechanic. Following the discussion with the mechanic the pilot returned to the airport. The nose gear collapsed on landing. The aircraft sustained minor damage. No injuries. The pilot's statement and visual inspection of the aircraft indicate that the nose wheel caught the left nose gear door on retraction and at some point caused the nose gear retraction linkage between the landing gear retraction drive unit and the nose gear well to fail. The failed part was not accessible at the site and has not been identified at this time.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE PATTERN AT CENTENNIAL AIROPRT (APA) PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOS. AFTER LAST TAKEOFF THE PILOT HAD A GEAR UNSAFE INDICATION AND REQUESTED TO LEAVE THE PATTERN TO CYCLE THE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO APA APPROXIMATELY A HALF HOUR LATER AND REQUESTED THE TOWER TO MAKE VISUAL CHECK OF THE GEAR POSITION. TOWER REPORTED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AREA AGAIN AND REQUESTED TO TALK TO A MECHANIC. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION WITH THE MECHANIC THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE. NO INJURIES. THE PILOT'S STATEMENT AND VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT THE NOSE WHEEL CAUGHT THE LEFT NOSE GEAR DOOR ON RETRACTION AND AT SOME POINT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR RETRACTION LINKAGE BETWEEN THE LANDING GEAR RETRACTION DRIVE UNIT AND THE NOSE GEAR WELL TO FAIL. THE FAILED PART WAS NOT ACCESSIBLE AT THE SITE AND HAS NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME.