# Incident 20181021020459I: Cessna 310Q, Brooksville, FL, October 21, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 21, 2018, 08:25 local time
- Place: Brooksville, FL
- Airport: Brooksville
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5166° N, 82.4047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Brooksville, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5166&lon=-82.4047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7666Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7666Q-2020-03-06) (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 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,540 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181021020459I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT WENT TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR ON THE DOWN WIND LEG FOR RUNWAY 9, WHEN HE NOTICED THAT HE DIDN'T GET AN INDICATION THE HIS GEAR WAS FULLY EXTENDED. HE DID A FLYBY THE TOWER TO SEE IF HIS GEAR WAS EXTENDED. TOWER ADVISED THAT HIS NOSE GEAR WAS NOT EXTENDED. THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO EXTEND THE GEAR USING EMERGENCY PROCEDURE PER HIS POH. THEREFORE, LANDING WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTCIALLY EXTENDED

## Other reports on N7666Q (2)

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

- [Incident 19950220005469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950220005469I), Feb 20, 1995: Cessna 310Q (N7666Q), Albia, IA, Minor damage. Narrative: on February 20, 1995, the pilot was departing Albia Municipal Airport in Albia, Iowa in a Cessna 310Q, N7666Q. Upon retracting the landing gear, he…
- [Incident 19781226020519I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781226020519I), Dec 26, 1978: Cessna 310Q (N7666Q), Morrisville, NC, Minor damage. Nose gear caught on the doors during test flight after maintenance. Gear door actuating rods were not connected.

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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