# Incident 20111121027289I: Cessna 310I, Aniak, AK, November 21, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 2011, 15:30 local time
- Place: Aniak, AK
- Airport: Aniak
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.5814° N, 159.5453° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANIAK (ANI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.5814&lon=-159.5453&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8073M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8073M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 35 in this make and model, 83 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111121027289I

## Narrative

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

ON TAKEOFF CLIMB PILOT RETRACTED GEAR. DURING RETRACTION PILOT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND FELT SOMETHING HIT THE FLOOR UNDER HIS FEET. HE NOTICED THAT HE DID NOT GET THE NORMAL SAFE GEAR INDICATION FOR THE NOSE GEAR. LOOKED AT GEAR THROUGH MIRROR ON COWLING AND NOTICED NOSE GEAR HANGING OUT OF WHEEL WELL. ATTEMTED EMERGENCY EXTENSION WITHOUT SUCCESS. DECLARED EMERGENCY ON RADIO, AND PERFORMED FLY BY OF AIRPORT TO HAVE RADIO CONFIRMATION THAT HIS MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN. LANDED ON RUNWAY WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE.

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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