# Incident 20090710013129I: Cessna 310F, Port Aransas, TX, July 10, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 10, 2009, 12:27 local time
- Place: Port Aransas, TX
- Airport: Mustang Beach
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.8118° N, 97.0888° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MUSTANG BEACH (RAS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.8118&lon=-97.0888&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6744X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6744X-2017-02-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310F (registry code 2074216, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 443 total, 26 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090710013129I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED HE LANDED ON RUNWAY 12 AT THE MUSTANG BEACH AIRPORT IN PORT ARANSAS WITH THE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED.  AFTER TOUCH DOWN, AND DURING THE ROLL OUT THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FIRST: FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR.  PILOT DOES NOT RECALL, OR IS NOT SURE IF HE MAY HAVE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TOUCHDOWN INSTEAD OF RETRACTING THE FLAPS.  UNABLE TO FULLY INSPECT AIRCRAFT TO INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF MECHANICAL FAILURE EBEING FACTOR.  AIRCRAFT WAS INSPECTED ONE MONTH AFTER THE INCIDENT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN APART AND THE PRINCIPAL PARTS WERE NOT POSSIBLE TO INSPECT.

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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