# Accident 20150921021849A: Cessna 310C, Lancaster, CA, September 21, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 2015, 10:25 local time
- Place: Lancaster, CA
- Airport: William J Fox Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.6980° N, 118.1367° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lancaster, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.6980&lon=-118.1367&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6688B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6688B-2019-03-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310C (registry code 2074210, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 371 total, 23 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150921021849A

## Narrative

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

UPON TAKEOFF IN INCIDENT AIRCRAFT, FROM BAKERSFIELD AIRPORT, BAKERSFIELD, CA, DURING GEAR RETRACTION, THE AIRCRAFT PILOTS HEARD A LOUD BANG. PILOTS ATTEMPTED TO LOWER THE GEAR, WHICH RESULTED IN THE MAINS DOWN AND LOCKED, AND THE NOSE GEAR JAMMED IN THE UP POSITION. INCIDENT AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO WJF FOX FIELD, LANCASTER, CA, AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY. INCIDENT AIRCRAFT ROLLED OUT ON THE MAIN GEAR, THEN LOWERED THE NOSE TO THE RUNWAY, AND SLID TO A STOP.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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