# Incident 20081231854309I: Cessna 310P, Lubbock, TX, December 31, 2008

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 2008, 22:24 local time
- Place: Lubbock, TX
- Airport: Lubbock Preston Smith International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6637° N, 101.8206° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUBBOCK PRESTON SMITH INTL (LBB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6637&lon=-101.8206&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310CM, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N310CM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Reported engine: LYC TIO540*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081231854309I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 31, 2008 AT APPROXIMATELY 2224 CDT, N310CM, A CESSNA 310, CONTACTED LUBBOCK ATCT ADVISING OF AN UNSAFE GEAR INDICATION AFTER THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED LUBBOCK (KLLB) AND DID NOT GET A GEAR UP INDICATION.  THE PILOT RESET THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR CIRCUIT BREAKER.  THE NOSE AND LEFT GEAR DOWN INDICATOR ILLUMINATED BUT THE RIGHT GEAR STILL INDICATED AN UNSAFE CONDITION.  THE PILOT REQUESTED A FLY-BY AND THE TOWER INDICATED THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE EXTENDED.  THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE GEAR, THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.  THE PILOT, ALSO A MECHANIC, FOUND A FAULTY MIRCO SWITCH AND BROKEN WIRE ON THE RIGHT GEAR.  HE REPAIRED THEM AND CONTINUED ON HIS FLIGHT THE NEXT DAY. NO INJURIES OR AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUSTAINED.

## Other reports on N310CM (1)

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

- [Incident 19791014052739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791014052739I), Oct 14, 1979: Cessna 310P (N310CM), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Nose gear jammed on retraction, bellcrank idler arm, PN4210202, separated. Nose strut was deflated.

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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