# Incident 20081123854169I: Cessna 310P, Pontiac, MI, November 23, 2008 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: November 23, 2008, 18:15 local time - Place: Pontiac, MI - Airport: Oakland County International - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10 - Aircraft: N5712M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5712M) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P - Reported engine: CONT IO470* - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 13,000 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/20081123854169I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. 23 NOV, 2008 AT APPROXITMATLY 1816 EDT, N5712M DECLARED EMERGENCY LANDING AT KPTK DUE TO NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT ABLE TO EXTEND IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. PILOT CONFIRMED THIS WITH A FLYBY TO THE TOWER AND TOWER GAVE THE INDICATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL IN THE UP POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT KPTK WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN THE UP POSITION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE RADOME, GEAR DOORS, NOSE PITOT TUBE, AND FORWARD FUSELAGE. SECONDARY DAMAGE TO BOTH ENGINES WERE SUBSTANTIAL THAT BOTH ENGINES WERE RUNNING AT THE TIME OF TOUCHDOWN CAUSING SUDDEN STOPPAGE AND SEVERE PROP DAMAGE. UPON ARRIVAL OF INITIAL INVESTIGATING INSPECTOR IT WAS FOUND THAT NO REGISTRATION AND AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WERE LOCATED ON THE AIRCRAFT AND THAT HARDWARE COULD POSSIBLY BE MISSING IN THE NOSE GEAR. AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS WERE DISPATCHED THE FOLLOWING DAY CONFIRMING THAT THE REGISTRATION WAS NOT IN THE AIRCRAFT, AND THAT THE AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS. ALSO IT WAS FOUND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR “FOLLOW UP” LINKAGE WAS NOT ATTACHED AND THAT CAUSED THE NOSE GEAR TO JAM AND NOT BE ABLE TO EXTEND. MXS WAS COMPLETED AT THE PREVIOUS STATION WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING PAINTED AND THAT NO SUCH MAINTENANCE ACTION WAS ANNOTATED. ## Other reports on N5712M (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 19990624026759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990624026759I), Jun 24, 1999: Cessna 310P (N5712M), Pontiac, MI. After landing, the pilot locked up the brakes and slid off the side of the runway. The left prop struck a runway light damaging the prop blade and destroying… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.