# Incident 20170413003389I: Cessna 310R, Anoka, MN, April 13, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 13, 2017, 04:35 local time
- Place: Anoka, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: W1XA
- Location: 45.1449° N, 93.2102° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANOKA COUNTY/BLAINE (JANES FLD) (ANE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1449&lon=-93.2102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98904, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98904-2026-01-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 11,465 total, 6,457 in this make and model, 259 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170413003389I

## Narrative

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

A CESSNA 310R, TAIL NUMBER N98904 WAS INBOUND TO ANOKA AIRPORT ON THE FINAL DEPOSITIONING LEG.  PILOT EXPECTED VFR CONDITIONS AND WHEN HE COULD NOT SEE THE FIELD HE OBTAINED CLEARANCE FOR IFR APPROACH.  APPROACH WAS UNEVENTFUL AND AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN WITHOUT THE GEAR.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP APPROXIMATELY 836 FEET FROM INITIAL GROUND SCARS.

## Other reports on N98904 (1)

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

- [Incident 20191112023369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191112023369I), Nov 12, 2019: Cessna 310R (N98904), Anoka, MN, Minor damage. Pilot lowered the gear handle, heard and felt a snap under the seat, did not get a nose down gear indicator light (green light) pilot called minneapolis…

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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