# Incident 20171103018199I: Cessna T310Q, Gainesville, FL, November 3, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 2017, 16:11 local time
- Place: Gainesville, FL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.6516° N, 82.3248° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gainesville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.6516&lon=-82.3248&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7527Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7527Q-2021-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,842 total, 508 in this make and model, 122 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20171103018199I

## Narrative

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

PILOT PICKED UP N7527Q FROM DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KDED) AFTER PAINT WORK.  AFTER TAKEOFF, PILOT HEARD LOUD NOISE AS HE RAISED THE GEAR EVEN THOUGH GEAR INDICATIONS SHOWED RETRACTED.  10 MILES OUT FROM KGNV, HE LOWERED GEAR AND NOTICED THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT SHOW GREEN.  AFTER FLYING A LOW PASS FOR TOWER TO CONFIRM IT WAS NOT EXTENDED, HE CLIMBED TO TRY TO APPLY G'S AND THEN MANUALLY EXTEND.  HE STILL DID NOT GET GREEN LIGHT AND ELECTED TO LAND NOSE GEAR UP IN THE GRASS PARALLEL RWY 11.  TWR CLEARED THE PATTERN AND LANDING WAS SMOOTH WITH EMERGENCY CREWS STANDING BY FOR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE.  TWR NOTIFIED THE ROC.

## Other reports on N7527Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19920826037199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920826037199I), Aug 26, 1992: Cessna T310Q (N7527Q), San Carlos, CA, Minor damage. Nose landing gear failed to extend. Found nose landing gear doors retract arms disconnected at attach points.

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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