# Incident 20150119002399I: Cessna 310L, Lancaster, TX, January 19, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2015, 22:45 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5921° N, 96.7561° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5921&lon=-96.7561&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3286X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3286X-2018-03-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 575 total, 25 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150119002399I

## Narrative

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

ON JANUARY 19, 2014 AT 2230Z - N3286X A CESSNA 310 SERIAL NO. 310L-0136. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED AT LANCASTER REGIONAL AIRPORT (KLNC) LANCASTER, TEXAS ON RUNWAY 13 AND EXITED AT THE END. DURING TAXI OPERATIONS THE MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE TAXIWAY RESTING ON ITS TAIL WITH ITS NOSE GEAR STILL EXTENDED. ALL PROPELLER BLADES CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE SURFACE WHILE UNDER POWER. PRIOR TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING REMOVED IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE NOSE GEAR ALSO ATTEMPTED TO RETRACT BUT REMAINED EXTENDED BUT WAS UNSAFE.  THE FLAPS WERE STILL EXTENDED IN THE LANDING CONFIGURATION.  IT WAS NOTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION.  A RECOVERY CRANE WAS USED TO LIFT THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED THE MAIN GEAR AND GEAR DOORS WERE NOTED IN THE UP POSITION. WHEN THE MASTER SWITCH WAS TURNED ON AND BATTERY POWER WAS MADE AVAILABLE THE MAIN GEAR DOORS OPENED AND THE MAIN GEAR EXTENDED AND LOCKED IN THE DOWN N POSITION. DURING THE INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT IN COMMAND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT HE ACCIDENTLY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR INSTEAD OF THE FLAPS DURING HIS CLEAN UP AFTER LANDING AND SO STATED IN THE INTERVIEW ON 01/20/2014 AT THE LANCASTER AIRPORT.

## Other reports on N3286X (1)

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

- [Incident 19990607016729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990607016729I), Jun 7, 1999: Cessna 310L (N3286X), Prescott, AZ, Minor damage. On June 7, 1999, @ 12:35 p.m. (MST), Cessna 310L, N3286X, landed on rwy 21L at Prescott (prc) airport, Arizona. During roll out, the right main landing side…

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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