# Incident 20080514838169I: Cessna 310K, San Jose, CA, May 14, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2008, 22:45 local time
- Place: San Jose, CA
- Airport: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.3394° N, 121.8950° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Jose, CA, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.3394&lon=-121.8950&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6918L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6918L-2013-05-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,565 total, 680 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080514838169I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  THE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR WAS WANTING TO MAINTAIN HIS NIGHT CURRENCY BY MAKING THREE FULL STOP NIGHT LANDINGS.  HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE TWO SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS,BUT ON THE THIRD AND FINAL ATTEMPT HE FAILED TO LOWER HIS GEAR RESULTING IN A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 29 AT KSJC AT APPROXIMATELY 2245 LOCAL.  WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AT 320 AT 03KTS. VISIBILITY OF 10 MILES WITH FEW SCATTERED CLOUDS AT 16000.  PILOT STATED THAT HE MENTALLY ALWAYS USES GUMP (GAS-UNDER CARRIAGE-MIXTURE-PROP) BEFORE LANDING.  HE SAYS HE WAS CONSCIOUS OF THIS FOR THE FIRST TWO LANDINGS BUT CAN NOT RECALL USING IT FOR THE THIRD.  PILOT STATES HE IS GOING THROUGH A DIVORCE AND WAS MENTALLY NOT PREPARED TO FLY.  HE KNOWS HE SIMPLY FAILED TO LOWER THE AIRCRAFTS GEAR.  HE SAYS HE NORMALLY FLYS THE APPROACH AND LANDING WITH A LITTLE BIT OF POWER AN SPEED AND WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS THE STALL WARNING.  HE IMMEDIATELY LOOKED AT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR AND WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE IT INDICATED HIS NORMAL SPEED FOR LANDING.  HE SAYS YOU CAN NOT DISTINGUISH AURALLY BETWEEN THE STALL WARNING AND THE GEAR NOT DOWN WARNING.

## Other reports on N6918L (3)

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

- [Incident 19961213042829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961213042829I), Dec 13, 1996: Cessna 310K (N6918L), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Flock of birds on takeoff. Five to eight birds hit left wing. Bent wing leading edge.
- [Incident 19891206060029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891206060029I), Dec 6, 1989: Cessna 310K (N6918L), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Hit a parked aircraft while taxiing. Pilot stated left brake failed while taxiing.
- [Incident 19790503100129I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790503100129I), May 3, 1979: Cessna 310K (N6918L), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Right main landing gear collapsed on rollout. Main gear strut upper forward pivot pin was broken.

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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