# Incident 20100524041699I: Cessna 310L, Chamblee, GA, May 24, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 24, 2010, 21:22 local time
- Place: Chamblee, GA
- Airport: Peachtree-Dekalb Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8811° N, 84.3017° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chamblee, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8811&lon=-84.3017&mi=10
- Aircraft: N63EL, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N63EL-2013-02-06) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100524041699I

## Narrative

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

N63EL DEPARTED MACON FOR PDK AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER BOTH REPORTED HEARING A LOUD POP.  UPON ARRIVAL AT PDK, THE PIC DID NOT RECEIVE A GEAR DOWN INDICATION FOR THE NOSE GEAR, NOR COULD HE SEE IT IN THE MIRROR AFFIXED TO THE ENGINE COWLING.  AFTER A FLY-BY OF THE PDK TOWER, THE CONTROLLER VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT APPEAR DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE AREA TO THE NORTH AND ATTEMPTED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION.  THE GEAR INDICATION DID NOT CHANGE.  AFTER RETURNING FOR ONE MORE FLY-BY OF THE TOWER, THE PIC INFORMED PDK TOWER THAT THEY WOULD BE LANDING WITH THE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED AND REQUESTED ASSISTANCE.  THE PIC LANDED THE AIRCRAFT ON THE MAIN GEAR AND HELD THE AIRCRAFT NOSE OFF THE RUNWAY FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.  THE PIC DID NOT FEATHER THE PROPELLERS PRIOR TO THEM STRIKING THE RUNWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE AND PROPELLERS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO EPPS AVIATION MAINTENANCE HANGER, WHERE IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY INSPECTED.  INSPECTOR DUNN VERIFIED THAT THE NOSE DOOR ACTUATOR WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY AFTER MAINTENANCE HAD BEEN PERFORMED, AND THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF THE GEAR UP LANDING.  WRITTEN STATEMENTS OF THE PIC AND PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, VERIFY THESE EVENTS.  AS THE PIC PERFORMED IAW WITH THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND CHECKLISTS, THIS INCIDENT WILL BE CLOSED WITH NO ACTION AGAINST THE PILOT IN COMMAND, AND ENFORCEMENT AGAINST THE CERTIFICATE MECHANIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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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