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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310N · Wheeling, IL · December 5, 2018

Date: December 5, 2018 · 14:00 local
Place: Wheeling, IL
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4120Q
Reported as: Cessna 310N
Reported engine: Continental I0-470 series
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,000 total

N4120QRegistered now · Cessna 310NS/N 310N-0020 Airframe modelCessna 310N Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

The pilot reported a loud ?popping? Noise when selecting the gear handle up after takeoff from kpwk. The pilot stated the he selected the gear back down but did not get an annunciator indication that the nose landing gear was down and locked. The pilot also could not see the nose wheel extended in the cowling mirror. The pilot then declared an emergency and landed the aircraft. The pilot landed on the main wheels first and then lowered the aircraft onto the nose cowling.

As the FAA filed it

THE PILOT REPORTED A LOUD ?POPPING? NOISE WHEN SELECTING THE GEAR HANDLE UP AFTER TAKEOFF FROM KPWK. THE PILOT STATED THE HE SELECTED THE GEAR BACK DOWN BUT DID NOT GET AN ANNUNCIATOR INDICATION THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT ALSO COULD NOT SEE THE NOSE WHEEL EXTENDED IN THE COWLING MIRROR. THE PILOT THEN DECLARED AN EMERGENCY AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT LANDED ON THE MAIN WHEELS FIRST AND THEN LOWERED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO THE NOSE COWLING.

Other reports on N4120Q · 1

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

Incident 19780423011079IRoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Tuscaloosa, ALNose gear would not extend fully for landing. Nose gear drive tube assembly broken.Apr 23, 1978 · Minor damage