# Incident 20141222021519I: Cessna T310R, Zionsville, IN, December 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 22, 2014, 15:10 local time
- Place: Zionsville, IN
- Airport: Executive Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9509° N, 86.2619° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Zionsville, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9509&lon=-86.2619&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1777E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1777E-2016-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20141222021519I

## Narrative

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

ON DECEMBER 22, 2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 15:10 HOURS, A 1979 CESSNA T-310-R, WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER N1777E SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE AS A RESULT OF A GEAR UP LANDING AT THE INDIANAPOLIS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE AIRLINE TRANSPORT PILOT AND ONE NON- MULTIENGINE RATED PILOT WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO A CORPORATION AND WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT DEPARTED FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, DESTINED FOR INDIANAPOLIS EXECUTIVE AIRPORT.

THE PILOT REPORTS NO MECHANICAL ISSUES WITH THE AIRCRAFT AND STATES THAT HE SIMPLY FORGOT TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN. HE ADMITS TO CARRYING ON A CONVERSATION WITH THE CO-OWNER OF THE AIRCRAFT AS HE CONDUCTED A GPS 18 APPROACH INTO THE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT. THE CO-OWNER IS A PRIVATE PILOT WITH NO INSTRUMENT OR MULTIENGINE CERTIFICATE.

THE PILOT COULD NOT STATE IF THE LANDING GEAR WARNING HORN ACTIVATED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE APPROACH WAS CONDUCTED WITH 15 DEGREES OF FLAPS AND SOME POWER.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS REMOVED FROM THE RUNWAY BY THE SERVICES OF DAN MONTGOMERY AVIATION. THERE WAS NO DAMAGE TO AIRPORT PROPERTY.

## Other reports on N1777E (2)

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

- [Incident 19910816041039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910816041039I), Aug 16, 1991: Cessna T310R (N1777E), Syracuse, NY. Aircraft landed with flat nose wheel tire. Punctured by unknown object.
- [Accident 19821218064559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821218064559A), Dec 18, 1982: Cessna 310R (N1777E), Gaylord, MI, Substantial damage. Encountered heavy icing en route. Unable to maintain altitude. Crash landed off side of emergency airport runway.

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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