# Incident 20181113017229I: Cessna 310L, Mesa, AZ, November 13, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 13, 2018, 12:20 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon Field Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37RS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N37RS-2020-03-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- 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/20181113017229I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 12:20PM LOCAL TIME N37RS, A CESSNA 310L, SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE FOLLOWING A LANDING AFTER A LANDING GEAR MALFUNCTION AT FALCON FIELD AIRPORT IN MESA, AZ (KFFZ).

THE FLIGHT WAS A LOCAL AREA INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT.  THE CFI REPORTED THAT ON THE UPWIND OF THEIR FIRST DEPARTURE, HE MOVED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE ?UP? POSITION.  THE GEAR BEGAN TO RETRACT.  THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER REPORTED TO THE PILOT THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE ONLY PARTIALLY RETRACTED.  THE CFI CONFIRMED THIS VISUALLY WITH THE MIRROR ON THE ENGINE COWLING.  THE NOSE WHEEL THEN SUDDENLY RETRACTED INTO THE NOSE WHEEL COMPARTMENT WITH A LOAD THUMP.

THE CFI DEPARTED THE PATTERN TO TROUBLESHOOT.  THE MAIN GEAR OPERATED NORMALLY BUT THE NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT MOVE WITH EITHER THE NORMAL EXTENSION OR EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION.  THEY RETURNED TO THE AIRPORT AND TOWER CONFIRMED THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY EXTENDED.  UPON LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP.

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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