# Incident 20100810040799I: Cessna 310L, Louisville, TN, August 10, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 2010, 10:20 local time
- Place: Louisville, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8226° N, 84.0524° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Louisville, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8226&lon=-84.0524&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137CM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N137CM-2011-06-30) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 6,275 total, 4,900 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100810040799I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKE OFF, THE PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR AND HEARD A POPPING SOUND AND NOSE GEAR LIGHT FAILED  TO LIGHT.  PILOT RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT WITH GEAR  SWITCH IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE NOSE GEAR DOWN LIGHT FAILED TO ILLUMINATE.  THE PILOT STATED HE TRIED TO SHAKE THE NOSE GEAR DOWN, TO NO AVAIL, SO HE LANDED WITH ONLY THE MAIN GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED.

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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