# Incident 20100407032049I: Cessna 310Q, Clanton, AL, April 7, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 2010, 05:50 local time
- Place: Clanton, AL
- Airport: Clanton
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8456° N, 86.6195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clanton, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8456&lon=-86.6195&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69827, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N69827-2011-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,569 total, 2,569 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100407032049I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 07, 2010, AT 0630 CST, A CESSNA 310Q OPERATED AS A 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91, PERSONAL FLIGHT AT CLANTON, AL (02A).  THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING TAKEOFF ROLL THE WINDSHIELD FOGGED OVER WITH DEW, AND HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT RAN OFF OF THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RUNWAY. UPON RETURNING TO THE RUNWAY THE FRONT GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO A STOP. THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGERS SUSTAINED NO INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT INCURRED MINOR DAMAGED.  THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION CONFIRMED THAT THE AIRCRAFT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND WAS TORN OFF OF THE AIRCRAFT.  BOTH ENGINE PROPELLERS WERE DAMAGED; THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS DAMAGED, BUT THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT BULKHEAD. THE AIRCRAFT FLIGHT CONTROLS CONTINUITY CHECK WAS PERFORMED AND NO DISCREPANCY FOUND. THE AIRCRAFT ELECTRICAL SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL; FUEL WAS PRESENT IN ALL TANKS, AND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR CONTINUITY CHECK WAS GOOD.  THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WINGS AND FUSELAGE SECTION.

## Other reports on N69827 (2)

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

- [Incident 19930111002799I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930111002799I), Jan 11, 1993: Cessna 310Q (N69827), Sioux Falls, SD, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Landed nose gear up. Trunion bearings seized due to lack of lubrication.
- [Incident 19880208010589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880208010589I), Feb 8, 1988: Cessna 310Q (N69827), Sioux Falls, SD, Minor damage. Unable to lower nose gear. Forced to land with nose gear retracted. Found nose gear retraction push pull tube broke

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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