# Incident 20100423032329I: Cessna 310K, Vacaville, CA, April 23, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 23, 2010, 11:30 local time
- Place: Vacaville, CA
- Airport: Nut Tree
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3782° N, 121.9612° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NUT TREE (VCB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3782&lon=-121.9612&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6922L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6922L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100423032329I

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 23, 2010, PILOT JOHN POUNDSTONE WAS FLYING A LOCAL PLEASURE FLIGHT ABOARD CESSNA 310K, N6922L IN THE VACAVILLE, CA NUT TREE AIRPORT (VCB) LOCAL AREA. PRIOR TO LANDING THE LANDING GEAR WAS EXTENDED AND THE PILOT RECOUNTED THAT HE SAW THREE GREEN LANDING GEAR LIGHTS.  WHEN THE FLAPS WERE EXTENDED THE PILOT STATED THAT THERE WAS NO LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN.  THE APPROACH WAS NORMAL.  UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE PILOT NOTICED THAT THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DROP AS THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED.  BOTH PROPELLERS STRUCK THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A HALT.THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY AND STORED IN A LOCAL HANGAR.  A VISUAL INSPECTION BY THE FAA REVEALED NO OBVIOUS DEFECTS WITH THE NOSE LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY.  THE AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE RECORDS REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LAST HAD AN ANNUAL INSPECTION ON 12/1/2010.  DURING THE ANNUAL INSPECTION A LANDING GEAR RETRACTION AND EXTENSION TEST WAS PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY.THE INCIDENT DAMAGE CONSISTED OF MODERATE SKIN DAMAGE AT THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WHEEL WELL.  THE NOSE MOUNTED PITOT TUBE WAS DAMAGED.  BOTH PROPELLERS ENCOUNTERED PROPS STRIKES TO THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY.THE CAUSE OF THE LANDING GEAR FAILURE IS BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE OWNER AND A CERTIFICATED MECHANIC.

## Other reports on N6922L (1)

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

- [Incident 19780108002239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780108002239I), Jan 8, 1978: Cessna 310 (N6922L), Snohomish, WA, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend gear before landing.

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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