# Incident 20160316003049I: Cessna 310I, Lake Charles, LA, March 16, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 16, 2016, 19:23 local time
- Place: Lake Charles, LA
- Airport: Lake Charles Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.1261° N, 93.2234° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAKE CHARLES RGNL (LCH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1261&lon=-93.2234&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8151M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8151M-2020-08-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,007 total, 66 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160316003049I

## Narrative

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

DEPARTED JENNINGS, LA APPROXIMATELY 6:40 PM.  PILOT NOTICED NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. PILOT OPTED TO GO TO LAKE CHARLES. LAKE CHARLES REGIONAL VERIFIED MAINS WERE DOWN AND NOSE GEAR UNSAFE.  PILOT MADE LANDING AT LAKE CHARLES, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP, PILOT SECURED AND EXITED AIRCRAFT. ON 4/05/2016 SEARCH AIRCRAFT TO VERIFY THAT AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS WERE NOT ONBOARD THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N8151M (2)

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

- [Incident 20020611014959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020611014959I), Jun 11, 2002: Cessna 310I (N8151M), Tulsa, OK, Minor damage. (-23) The private pilot, the only soul aboard the Cessna 310, who was flying the aircraft, said he did not extend the aircraft landing gear prior to landing.…
- [Incident 19980522026159I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980522026159I), May 22, 1998: Cessna 310I (N8151M), Skiatook, OK, Minor damage. Student executed a normal landing. On rollout the nose gear collaped causing minor damage and no injuries. Later, the CFI noticed the landing gear handle in…

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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