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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310 · Van Nuys, CA · November 25, 2008

Date: November 25, 2008 · 12:21 local
Place: Van Nuys, CA
Airport: Van Nuys
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N2651C
Reported as: Cessna 310
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 464 total60 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

N2651CRegistration cancelled Jan 12, 2018 · Cessna 310S/N 35051 · Built 1955 Airframe modelCessna 310 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Aircraft departed Van Nuys Airport for a flight to camarillo airport. On approach to camarillo the pilot had indication of an unsafe landing gear. The pilot then performed a missed approach. During the missed approach camarillo tower notified the pilot that the nose gear was not extended all the way down. The pilots elected to return to Van Nuys because of the longer runway. While enroute the pilot tried several attempts to fully extend the nose gear. The pilot then made a fly-by at Van Nuys Airport. The Van Nuys tower informed the pilot that the nose gear was still not fully extended. On final approach to Van Nuys Airport the pilot cutoff both engines. On landing the pilot held the nose of the aircraft up until airspeed bleed off. The partially extended nose gear collapsed when contacting the runway. The aircraft skidded to a stop on runway 16R.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED VAN NUYS AIRPORT FOR A FLIGHT TO CAMARILLO AIRPORT. ON APPROACH TO CAMARILLO THE PILOT HAD INDICATION OF AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT THEN PERFORMED A MISSED APPROACH. DURING THE MISSED APPROACH CAMARILLO TOWER NOTIFIED THE PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED ALL THE WAY DOWN. THE PILOTS ELECTED TO RETURN TO VAN NUYS BECAUSE OF THE LONGER RUNWAY. WHILE ENROUTE THE PILOT TRIED SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO FULLY EXTEND THE NOSE GEAR. THE PILOT THEN MADE A FLY-BY AT VAN NUYS AIRPORT. THE VAN NUYS TOWER INFORMED THE PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS STILL NOT FULLY EXTENDED. ON FINAL APPROACH TO VAN NUYS AIRPORT THE PILOT CUTOFF BOTH ENGINES. ON LANDING THE PILOT HELD THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP UNTIL AIRSPEED BLEED OFF. THE PARTIALLY EXTENDED NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN CONTACTING THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP ON RUNWAY 16R.