# Incident 20090705047619I: Cessna 310N, Fort Meyers, FL, July 5, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2009, 19:15 local time
- Place: Fort Meyers, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5097Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5097Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 26 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090705047619I

## Narrative

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

ON APPROACH TO EYW (KEY WEST) THE GEAR WAS SELECTED TO THE DOWN POSITION, THE PILOT HEARD AN USUSUAL SOUND AND THEN NOTICED THERE WAS NO GREEN NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT ON. HE DID A FLY-BY THE TOWER AND THE TOWER STATED IT APPEARED THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY DEPLOYED. PILOT LEFT THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND FLEW OUT OVER THE OCEAN AND CYCLED THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE NOSE LANDING GEAR TO EXTEND FULLY. WHEN THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILED TO EXTEND AFTER TRYING A MANUAL EXTENSION THE PILOT DECIDED TO GO BACK TO FMY (PAGE FIELD-FORT MEYERS). UPON ARRIVAL INTO FMY THE PILOT FLEW BY THE TOWER ONCE AGAIN AND THE TOWER CONFIRMED IT APPEARED NOT TO BE FULLY EXTENDED. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WHICH SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE NOSE GEAR DOORS, SHIMMY DAMPER, NOSE CONE, PITOT TUBE AND EACH ENGINE PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N5097Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20090114002689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090114002689I), Jan 14, 2009: Cessna 310N (N5097Q), Fort Myers, FL, Minor damage. On January 14, 2009, at approximately 1600 EDT, a Cessna aircraft, model 310N, N5097Q, serial #310N-0197, sustained minor damage when the nose gear collapsed…

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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