# Incident 20080724846629I: Cessna 310L, Shelby, NC, July 24, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2008, 13:20 local time
- Place: Shelby, NC
- Airport: Shelby-Cleveland County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2557° N, 81.6008° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY-CLEVELAND COUNTY RGNL (EHO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2557&lon=-81.6008&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2298F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2298F) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 38,450 total, 450 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080724846629I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS ON RETURN TRIP TO SHELBY, NC (EHO) AFTER THREE HOUR FLIGHT FROM FLINT, MI (FNT). ALTHOUGH THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER IFR THE WEATHER WAS VFR AND NOT A FACTOR. THE PILOT CANCELED IFR WHEN THE SHELBY AIRPORT WAS IN SIGHT AND IT WASN'T UNTIL HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR THAT HE REALIZED THAT HE HAD A GEAR PROBLEM. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATOR DID NOT INDICATE A SAFE GEAR EXTENSION AND AFTER MANUAL EXTENSION THE GEAR SAFE LIGHT STILL DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED FOR LANDING .  THE PILOT RADIOED THE GROUND PERSONNEL AT SHELBY AIRPORT AND MADE A FLYBY SO THEY COULD VIEW HIS LANDING GEAR WITH BINOCULARS. THEY REPORTED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED A LANDING AND THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AT TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE RIGHT WING, THE RIGHT ENGINE AND PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N2298F (2)

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

- [Incident 19960120021439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960120021439I), Jan 20, 1996: Cessna 310L (N2298F), Greer, SC, Minor damage. Narrative: pilot departed gsp and attempted to retract the landing gear. The indication revealed that the gear was not up and locked. When he extended the…
- [Incident 19901030055309I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901030055309I), Oct 30, 1990: Cessna 310L (N2298F), Shelby, NC, Minor damage. Electrical failure. Landed gear up. Stated unable to extend gear with emergency system. Gear cranked down later.

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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