# Incident 20160411009499I: Cessna 310D, Glendale, AZ, April 11, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 11, 2016, 12:28 local time
- Place: Glendale, AZ
- Airport: Glendale Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5269° N, 112.2951° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GLENDALE RGNL (GEU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5269&lon=-112.2951&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6930T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6930T-2018-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160411009499I

## Narrative

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

PRACTICE MULTI AIRCRAFT TRAINING FLIGHT.  POWER OFF STALL IN LANDING CONFIGURATION.  PILOT NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NOT A PROPER INDICATION FOR LANDING GEAR DOWN.  PILOT CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR.  DURING THE LOWERING SEQUENCE, A LOUD BANG WAS HEARD FROM THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT.  PILOT CHECKED THE MIRROR AND NOTICED THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS SWINGING FREELY AND NOT IN THE LOCKED DOWN POSITION.  IT WAS DECIDED THAT SINCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS NEARLY FULL OF FUEL, THAT THE PILOT WOULD FLY FOR SEVERAL HOURS TO LIGHTEN THE FUEL LOAD.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2.5 HOURS, THE PILOT DECIDED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AT GLENDALE.  THE PILOT BEGAN WITH A LOW PASS SO THE TOWER COULD CONFIRM THAT THE GEAR DOWN.  THE TOWER CONFIRMED THAT THE MAIN GEAR WAS DOWN AND THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO NOT BE IN THE LOCKED POSITION.  PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT.  THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY.

## Other reports on N6930T (2)

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

- [Incident 20091205051879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091205051879I), Dec 5, 2009: Cessna 310D (N6930T), Tampa, FL, Minor damage. The aircraft was on final approach to tpa with three green gear lights, the pilot was advised to increase his speed. When the gear was raised it did not seem…
- [Accident 19730114000249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730114000249A), Jan 14, 1973: Cessna 310D (N6930T), Brewer, ME, Substantial damage

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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