# Incident 20090813017459I: Cessna 310P, Venice, FL, August 13, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 2009, 11:20 local time
- Place: Venice, FL
- Airport: Venice Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.0713° N, 82.4400° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VENICE MUNI (VNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.0713&lon=-82.4400&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5818M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5818M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,210 total, 0 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/20090813017459I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  ON AUGUST 13, 2009, AT 11 EDT, CESSNA 310P, N5818, AIRCRAFT REGISTERED TO ROBERT WILLIAMS.  THE PIC WAS HENDRIK L. VAN LINSCHOTEN.  HE DEPARTED VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (VNC) VENICE, FLORIDA ON RUNWAY 13, MR. VAN LINSCHOTEN STATED AFTER TAKEOFF HE RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR, WHILE THE GEAR WAS IN TRANSIT HE HEARD A LOUD BANG, HE CHECKED THE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS AND NOTED THE NOSE GEAR INDICATOR WAS NOT ON, AFTER SEVERAL LANDING GEAR CYCLES WITH NO NOSE GEAR LIGHT HE PULLED THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER AND HAND CRANKED THE GEAR DOWN MANUALLY WITH NO SUCCESS.  HE REVIEWED THE EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR A NOSE GEAR UP LANDING AND LADED ON RUNWAY 13.  THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE WAS TO THE PROPELLERS, NOSE GEAR DOORS, PITOT TUBE, AND NOSE RANDOM.  NO INJURIES.

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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