# Incident 20091114052179I: Cessna 310L, Tekamah, NE, November 14, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 2009, 09:30 local time
- Place: Tekamah, NE
- Airport: Tekamah Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.7635° N, 96.1779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at TEKAMAH MUNI (TQE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.7635&lon=-96.1779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2275F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2275F-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091114052179I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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