# Incident 20181205023199I: Cessna 310N, Wheeling, IL, December 5, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 5, 2018, 14:00 local time
- Place: Wheeling, IL
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4120Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4120Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181205023199I

## Narrative

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

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 19780423011079I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780423011079I), Apr 23, 1978: Cessna 310 (N4120Q), Tuscaloosa, AL, Minor damage. Nose gear would not extend fully for landing. Nose gear drive tube assembly broken.

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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