# Accident 20091211052279A: Cessna 310, Pasco, WA, December 11, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 11, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pasco, WA
- Airport: Tri-Cities Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 46.2644° N, 119.1189° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.2644&lon=-119.1189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2640C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2640C-2018-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR10LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA090) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091211052279A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR. NOSE AND LEFT LANDING GEAR CAME DOWN BUT THE RIGHT DID NOT. ATTEMPTED USING THE EMERGENCY EXTENSION PROCEDURE TO LOWER THE RIGHT GEAR BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. AFTER SEVERAL FAILED ATTEMPTS TO GET THE RIGHT GEAR TO COME DOWN, THEY RETRACTED THE OTHER TWO AND PERFORMED A GEAR-UP LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR10LA090](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR10LA090), Dec 12, 2009: Cessna 310 (N2640C), Pasco, WA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear up-lock.

## Other reports on N2640C (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20000131001459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000131001459I), Jan 31, 2000: Cessna 310 (N2640C), Moses Lake, WA, Minor damage. (-23) During landing gear retraction at take off, sounds of nose gear mechanical failure. Low pass at Moses Lake (mwh) allowed ATCT personnel to confirm that…

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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