# Accident 20110109000289A: Cessna 310C, Lancaster, CA, January 9, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 2011, 07:47 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: General Wm J Fox Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7408° N, 118.2186° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7408&lon=-118.2186&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1755H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1755H-2011-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 12,488 total, 337 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR11LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA092) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110109000289A

## Narrative

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

ON 01/09/2011 AT 0747, N1755H EXPERIENCED A LANDING GEAR PROBLEM DURING THE RETRACT CYCLE AT AIR FORCE BASE PLANT 42. N1755H DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO FOX FIELD TOWER, THE TOWER INSPECTED THE GEAR AND ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT IN THE LOCKED POSITION. N1755H ON FINAL, LANDED SHORT OF THE RUNWAY IN THE DIRT OVER-RUN AREA. N1755H WAS DAMAGED AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR11LA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR11LA092), Jan 9, 2011: Cessna 310C (N1755H), Lancaster, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain an appropriate descent profile during the approach. Contributing to the accident was that the pilot did not follow checklist procedures.

## Other reports on N1755H (2)

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

- [Accident 19951030035539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19951030035539A), Oct 30, 1995: Cessna 310C (N1755H), Boulder City, NV, Substantial damage. Dragged a wing on practice se landing. Made go around diverted to vgt. Damaged right wing stabilizer and right gear
- [Accident 19740412011839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740412011839A), Apr 12, 1974: Cessna 310C (N1755H), Lubbock, TX, Substantial damage. Nose gr oleo low on preflight. Actuator arm bosses broken drg retraction. Lndd w nose gr intmd psn.

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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