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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310D · Lebanon, IN · September 25, 2009

Date: September 25, 2009 · 15:00 local
Place: Lebanon, IN
Airport: Boone County
Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6879T
Reported as: Cessna 310D
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,500 total250 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N6879TRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Cessna 310DS/N 39179 · Built 1960 Airframe modelCessna 310D Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

After take off, the pilot heard a noise as the landing gear was retracted. The pilot returned to the departure airport (6I4) and landed with the nose gear in an unlocked position. The nose gear would not extend fully due to a retraction system failure. On landing, both propellers contacted the runway. Propeller blade impact damage indicated that the engines had made four rotations prior to stopping. The lower portion of the aircraft nose and nose landing gear doors contacted the runway because the nose gear remained in a retracted position. The aircraft traveled approximately 900 feet past first runway contact before coming to rest on the runway. Incident # IGL112009071

As the FAA filed it

AFTER TAKE OFF, THE PILOT HEARD A NOISE AS THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED. THE PILOT RETURNED TO THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT (6I4) AND LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR IN AN UNLOCKED POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT EXTEND FULLY DUE TO A RETRACTION SYSTEM FAILURE.ON LANDING, BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. PROPELLER BLADE IMPACT DAMAGE INDICATED THAT THE ENGINES HAD MADE FOUR ROTATIONS PRIOR TO STOPPING. THE LOWER PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT NOSE AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY BECAUSE THE NOSE GEAR REMAINED IN A RETRACTED POSITION.THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED APPROXIMATELY 900 FEET PAST FIRST RUNWAY CONTACT BEFORE COMING TO REST ON THE RUNWAY.INCIDENT # IGL112009071