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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Blaine, MN · March 21, 2014

Date
March 21, 2014 · 05:52 local
Place
Blaine, MN
Airport
Anoka County-Blaine Airport(Janes
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Operator
W1XA
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3286M
Reported as
Cessna 310R
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
2,700 total800 in this make and model150 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot reported that he departed runway 18 at ane and selected gear up. The green gear lights went out, the gear appeared to retract but the red in transit/unsafe light remained illuminated. The pilot then attempted to extend the gear without success. After attempting to troubleshoot the gear issue and burning off some fuel, he returned to ane and made a gear up landing.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED THAT HE DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT ANE AND SELECTED GEAR UP. THE GREEN GEAR LIGHTS WENT OUT, THE GEAR APPEARED TO RETRACT BUT THE RED IN TRANSIT/UNSAFE LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE GEAR WITHOUT SUCCESS. AFTER ATTEMPTING TO TROUBLESHOOT THE GEAR ISSUE AND BURNING OFF SOME FUEL, HE RETURNED TO ANE AND MADE A GEAR UP LANDING.

Other reports on N3286M · 3

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