# Incident 20090123002859I: Cessna 310Q, Daytona Beach, FL, January 23, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 23, 2009, 16:23 local time
- Place: Daytona Beach, FL
- Airport: Daytona Beach International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1799° N, 81.0580° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAYTONA BEACH INTL (DAB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1799&lon=-81.0580&mi=10
- Aircraft: N721SJ, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N721SJ) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470-VO (registry code 17354, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-vo) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 70 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090123002859I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED DAB FOR HEG, ON GEAR RETRACTION PILOT HEARD LOUD POP AND OBSERVED GEAR UNSAFE WARNING LIGHT.  PILOT RECYCLED GEAR WITH NO RESULTS AND DETERMINED THAT THE MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED, THE PROBLEM WAS THE NOSE GEAR.  THE PILOT PERFORMED A LOW PASS OVER THE TOWER AND DETERMINED VISUALLY THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  THE PILOT THEN LANDED ON RUNWAY 16 ON THE MAIN GEAR AFTER FEATHERING BOTH ENGINES.  INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DOOR WAS NOT CONNECTED, DID NOT OPEN ON GEAR RETRACTION CAUSING THE NOSE GEAR TO JAM IN AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION.

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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