# Incident 20080619846909I: Cessna 310L, Grand Rapids, MI, June 19, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 2008, 11:45 local time
- Place: Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport: Gerald R. Ford International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.8808° N, 85.5228° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GERALD R FORD INTL (GRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8808&lon=-85.5228&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3266X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3266X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 185 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080619846909I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED KGRR AIRPORT AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HEARD A LOUD BANG AS THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE PILOT NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR WAS DANGLING AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. THE PILOT NOTIFIED THE TOWER AND FLEW A LOW APPROACH. IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS UNSAFE AND THEY LANDED ON 26R WITH THE MAINS DOWN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AND THE PILOT SHUT DOWN THE ENGINES AS THE NOSE CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE PAVEMENT. THE PLANE SKID TO A STOP AS THEY WERE MET BY THE CRASH AND FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL.

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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