# Incident 20120425005719I: Cessna 310R, Fort Pierce, FL, April 25, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 25, 2012, 09:55 local time
- Place: Fort Pierce, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4256° N, 80.3404° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Pierce, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4256&lon=-80.3404&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2MB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2MB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,570 total, 1,500 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120425005719I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FL37 IN ROUTE TO SEBRING, FL. AND GEAR RETRACTION WAS NORMAL.  PILOT SELECTED GEAR DOWN WITH NO RESPONSE & TRIPPED C/B.  PILOT RESET BREAKER WITH SAME RESULTS.  HE THEN TRIED A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION, BUT HE WAS UNABLE TO TURN THE GEAR CRANK.  AFTER STRONGLY FORCING THE MANUAL GEAR CRANK IT BROKE LOOSE BUT HAD NO EFFECT ON THE LANDING GEAR.  PILOT COORDINATED AN EMEREGENCY AND COORIDINATED A GEAR UP LANDING WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRFRAME.  MOST OF THE DAMAGE WAS ABSORBED BY THE HEAVY DUTY STOHL FLAP TRACKS.  INSPECTED LANDING GEAR GEARBOX AND DISCOVERED THAT REDUCTION GEAR WOULD TURN WITH MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION HANDLE, BUT THE MAIN GEAR BOX WOULD NOT TURN.

## Other reports on N2MB (1)

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

- [Incident 19971018031369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971018031369I), Oct 18, 1997: Cessna 310R (N2MB), Willimantic, ME, Minor damage. Narrative: Mr. Bayerdorffer, pilot-in-command of Cessna N2MB landed on his private airfield. Just after landing, two deer ran out into the path of the aircraft…

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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