# Incident 20080523847839I: Cessna 310R, Minneapolis, MN, May 23, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 2008, 22:13 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport(Janes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5338C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5338C-2008-07-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT IO520MB
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,925 total, 280 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080523847839I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ON CARGO FLIGHT WIXA FLIGHT 303 WAS ENROUTE FROM KFAR TO KFFM AND THE PILOT EXTENDED THE LANDING GEAR AND HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THE NOSE WHEEL DID NOT COME DOWN. THE PILOT CLIMBED UP TO TROUBLE SHOOT THE PROBLEM WHILE ENROUTE TO KANE WHIC WAS WHERE THEY COULD HAVE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT COME DOWN AND COLLAPSED ON LANDING. THE PILOT SUT DOWN THE ENGINES PRIOR TO LANDING.

## Other reports on N5338C (2)

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

- [Incident 19961217043899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961217043899I), Dec 17, 1996: Cessna 310R (N5338C), Omaha, NE. Narrative: N5338C, a Cessna 310R operating as starcheck 381 was enroute from Kansas city, MO to Omaha, NE on 12/17/96. While descending into Omaha, the pilot…
- [Accident 19840814073549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840814073549A), Aug 14, 1984: Cessna 310R (N5338C), Newark, NJ. A non employee was struck by idling engines props while trying to place a bill of lading in the nose baggage locker

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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