# Incident 20070925020689I: Cessna 310D, Denver, CO, September 25, 2007

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 2007, 17:03 local time
- Place: Denver, CO
- Airport: Centennial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5701° N, 104.8493° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CENTENNIAL (APA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5701&lon=-104.8493&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200JD-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- People aboard: 2
- 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/20070925020689I

## Narrative

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

(-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.

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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