# Incident 20091215053559I: Cessna 310L, Camarillo, CA, December 15, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 15, 2009, 12:15 local time
- Place: Camarillo, CA
- Airport: Camarillo
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2138° N, 119.0944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CAMARILLO (CMA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2138&lon=-119.0944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2239F, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2239F-2018-04-20) (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: 4
- 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/20091215053559I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATES HE DEPARTED OXNARD (OXR) AND UPON GEAR RETRACTION HEARD POPPING NOISE. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO EXTEND LANDING GEAR HE NOTED NOSEGEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. THE DECISION WAS MADE TO LAND AT CAMARILLO (CMA) DUE TO THE LONGER RUNWAY. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND BOTH PROPELLERS CONTACTED THE RUNWAY.  INSPECTED AIRCRAFT AT CMA. DAMAGE IS CONSISTENT WITH A NOSE GEAR FAILURE. UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE POINT OF FAILURE WITHOUT FUTHER INSPECTION. THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RECENTLY REPAIRED DUE TO A SIMILAR FAILURE IN DECEMBER 2007.

## Other reports on N2239F (1)

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

- [Incident 20071221830009I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20071221830009I), Dec 21, 2007: Cessna 310L (N2239F), Camarillo, CA, Minor damage. (-23) On December 21, 2007, 2239F, a Cessna model 310L landed at Camarillo, CA (cma) and experienced a nose landing gear failure. Examination of the aircraft…

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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