# Incident 20131103021839I: Cessna 310J, Conroe, TX, November 3, 2013

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2013, 11:00 local time
- Place: Conroe, TX
- Airport: Lone Star Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3119° N, 95.4561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Conroe, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3119&lon=-95.4561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N225L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N225L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 550 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20131103021839I

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE AND ONE PASSENGER TOOK-OFF FROM RUNWAY 14 AT CXO TO DO SOME PATTERN WORK, WHEN THE PILOT SELECTED THE GEAR SWITCH TO RAISE THE GEAR HE HEARD A THUMP UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT HE NEVER GOT THE GEAR UP LIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RAISE THE GEAR THE PILOT REQUESTED THE TOWER FOR A FLY-BY TO INSPECT THE GEAR. TOWER REPORTED THAT THE MAIN GEAR WAS UP BUT THE NOSE LOOKED COCKED TO THE LEFT.

PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR, BUT COULD NOT GET A GEAR DOWN LIGHT IN THE AIRCRAFT EITHER, TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE MAINS LOOKED DOWN, BUT COULD NOT VERIFY THAT THE NOSE WAS LOCKED.

PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY #19, WHEN AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE NOSE WHEEL COLLAPSED CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FUSELAGE NOSE AND BOTH PROPELLERS.

## Other reports on N225L (2)

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

- [Incident 20110706013139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110706013139I), Jul 6, 2011: Cessna 310J (N225L), Conroe, TX, Minor damage. After aircraft landed a deer ran out in front of aircraft. Deer was hit by right hand engine propeller. The deer was killed and aircraft recieved minor damage.
- [Incident 19800524053949I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800524053949I), May 24, 1980: Cessna 310J (N225L), Winder, GA, Minor damage. Pilot placed gear handle in up position during landing ground roll.

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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