# Incident 20110827021179I: Cessna 310P, Alcoa, TN, August 27, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2011, 11:45 local time
- Place: Alcoa, TN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8159° N, 83.9676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alcoa, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8159&lon=-83.9676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N46RK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N46RK) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310P (registry code 2074238, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,680 total, 4,550 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110827021179I

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXTENDED LANDING GEAR AND NOTICED 3 GREEN LIGHTS. UPON FINAL APPROACH, VERIFIED AGAIN 3 GREEN LIGHTS; HOWEVER, MAIN GEAR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. HE CYCLED THE GEAR AND STILL DID NOT GET GREEN LIGHTS ON THE MAINS. CALLED TOWER, NOTIFIED THEM, AND DID A FLY BY; TOWER VERIFIED GEAR DOWN. ON TOUCH DOWN, BOTH MAIN GEARS FOLDED. THE NOSE GEAR STAYED EXTENDED AND LOCKED. DAMAGE WAS MINOR.

## Other reports on N46RK (1)

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

- [Incident 19780816036909I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780816036909I), Aug 16, 1978: Cessna 310P (N46RK), Covington, KY, Minor damage. Shutdown engine due to roughness. Found cylinder head separated.

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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