# Accident 20090318004779A: Cessna 310Q, Mobile, AL, March 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2009, 17:22 local time
- Place: Mobile, AL
- Airport: Mobile Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6914° N, 88.2428° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MOBILE RGNL (MOB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6914&lon=-88.2428&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310QB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N310QB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT IO470B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 618 total, 230 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090318004779A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PIC PREFLIGHTED AIRCRAFT NOTING THE BATTERY WAS IN A LOW STATE OF CHARGE.  PIC USED GROUND START UNIT TO START AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED NORMAL AFTER START CHECKS.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MOB FOR FUEL STOP AT 1R8.  IN FINAL APPROACH PIC SELECTED LANDING GEAR TO DOWN POSITION AND LOST ELECTRICAL POWER.  PIC CYCLED BOTH ALTERNATOR(S) AND BATTERY SWITCHCES BUT FAILED TO REGAIN ELECTRICAL POWER.  PIC ABORTED LANDING AT 1R8 AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO MOB.  ON APPROACH TO MOB PIC MANUALLY LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR UNTIL HE FELT RESISTANCE IN THE GEAR HANDLE.  PIC REQUESTED FLY BY OF MOB TOWER TO CONFIRM LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN.  MOB CONFIRMED LANDING GEAR LOOKED FULLY DOWN.  PIC LANDED ON RUNWAY 18 AND DURING ROLL OUT BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGAN FOLDING UNDER THE AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH MAIN LANDING GEAR PARTIALLY FOLDED UP AND NOSE GEAR FULLY DOWN.  AIRCRAFT WAS RESTING ON IT'S TAIL AND SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL CONE AREA.  POSTFLIGHT EVALUATION REVEALED HEADSET COMMUNICATION CABLE WRAPPED AROUND MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE PREVENTING DAMAGE TO THE TAIL CONE AREA.  POST FLIGHT EVALUATION REVEALED HEADSET COMMUNICATION CABLE WRAPPED AROUND MANUAL LANDING GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE PREVENTING FULL EXTENSION OF LANDING GEAR.  POST INCIDENT OPERATION OF LANDING GEAR REVEALED MANUAL EXTENSION HANDLE LACKED NINE TURNS TO FULL DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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