# Incident 20151213020069I: Cessna 310Q, Batavia, OH, December 13, 2015

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 13, 2015, 18:40 local time
- Place: Batavia, OH
- Airport: Clermont County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0784° N, 84.2102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CLERMONT COUNTY (I69), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0784&lon=-84.2102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N647TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470-VO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,398 total, 863 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20151213020069I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 P.M. ON DECEMBER 13, 2015 THE PILOT DEPARTED BURKE LAKEFRONT AIRPORT IN CLEVELAND, OHIO.  UPON RAISING THE LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF, HE HEARD A BANG.

THE PILOT PERFORMED A "FLY-BY" AT BKL AND THE TOWER TOLD HIM THAT HIS NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO HAVE NOT RETRACTED.  UPON DETERMINING  THE PLANE WAS FLYING PROPERLY, THE PILOT  CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO HIS HOME BASE CLERMONT COUNTY, I69.

UPON APPROACH TO I69, THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LOCK THE NOSE GEAR, BUT WAS UNSUCESSFUL.  HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO MANUALLY LOWER THE GEAR IN ORDER TO LOCK IT, BUT WAS ALSO UNSUCESSFUL.

THE PILOT LANDED AT CLERMONT COUNTY, AT APPROXIMATELY 6:40 P.M. UPON LANDING THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE PLANE FELL ON ITS NOSE RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGE.

REVIEWED BY DWS 01/08/2016

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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