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FAA incident report · Cessna 310L · Tekamah, NE · November 14, 2009

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Date
November 14, 2009 · 09:30 local
Place
Tekamah, NE
Airport
Tekamah Municipal
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2275F
Reported as
Cessna 310L
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days
N2275FRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 2013 · Cessna 310LS/N 310L-0075 · Built 1967Airframe modelCessna 310LEngine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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On November 14, 2009, N2275F, a Cessna 310 was departing Tekamah Municipal Airport (tqe) with the pilot and two passengers on board. As the pilot retracted the gear, he noticed the NLG did not fully retract. He then tried to extend the gear; however, the gear did not extend. The pilot circled the airport trying to extend the gear with no success. After several attempts, the pilot decided to land the aircraft at tqe by moving the passengers to the aft position in the cabin thereby equalizing the weight and balance for the landing, minmizing damage. The pilot feathered the props and cut both engines as the aircraft crossed the numbers on the runway. The pilot was able to hold the nose gear from contacting the surface until the aircraft reached approximately 20 knots. As the aircraft slowed, the nose gear collasped and the nose of the aircraft came in contact with the runway surface causing damage to the forward fuselage, both nose gear doors and the propellers on both engines. The aircraft came to rest on the runway with contact marks of approximately 65 feet in length at the initial point of contact. The pilot and both passengers were not injured in this incident and the aircraft sustained minor damage.

As the FAA filed it

ON NOVEMBER 14, 2009, N2275F, A CESSNA 310 WAS DEPARTING TEKAMAH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (TQE) WITH THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS ON BOARD. AS THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR, HE NOTICED THE NLG DID NOT FULLY RETRACT. HE THEN TRIED TO EXTEND THE GEAR; HOWEVER, THE GEAR DID NOT EXTEND. THE PILOT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT TRYING TO EXTEND THE GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS, THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT TQE BY MOVING THE PASSENGERS TO THE AFT POSITION IN THE CABIN THEREBY EQUALIZING THE WEIGHT AND BALANCE FOR THE LANDING, MINMIZING DAMAGE. THE PILOT FEATHERED THE PROPS AND CUT BOTH ENGINES AS THE AIRCRAFT CROSSED THE NUMBERS ON THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO HOLD THE NOSE GEAR FROM CONTACTING THE SURFACE UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT REACHED APPROXIMATELY 20 KNOTS. AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED, THE NOSE GEAR COLLASPED AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY SURFACE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FORWARD FUSELAGE, BOTH NOSE GEAR DOORS AND THE PROPELLERS ON BOTH ENGINES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY WITH CONTACT MARKS OF APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET IN LENGTH AT THE INITIAL POINT OF CONTACT. THE PILOT AND BOTH PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED IN THIS INCIDENT AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE.