# Incident 20190117007659I: Cessna 310R, Gaylord, MI, January 17, 2019 - Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: January 17, 2019, 16:25 local time - Place: Gaylord, MI - Damage: Minor damage - Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Operator: N4CA - Location: 45.0213° N, 84.6818° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Gaylord, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.0213&lon=-84.6818&mi=10 - Aircraft: N71NC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N71NC-2021-05-08) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R - Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Other injuries: 0 - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190117007659I ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. UPON ARRIVAL AT LANSING,MI (KLAN), THE PILOT WAS CLEARED TO LAND AND BEGAN HIS PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST. UPON SELECTING THE GEAR SWITCH TO THE DOWN POSITION, HE HEARD A LOUD "BANG" NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT CAME FROM THE NOSE WHEEL WELL. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE MAIN GEAR LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATING GREEN, INDICATING DOWN AND LOCKED, BUT THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS UNLIT, AND THE RED "GEAR IN TRANSIT" LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED. AT THIS TIME, THE PILOT REQUESTED THAT THE KLAN TOWER ALLOW HIM TO PERFORM A FLYBY, TO DETERMINE IF THEY COULD SEE THE NOSE GEAR. UPON FLYBY OF THE TOWER, AIR TRAFFIC PERSONNEL INFORMED HIM THAT THEY COULD NOT SEE THE NOSE GEAR. AT THIS TIME THE PILOT SELECTED GEAR UP ON THE GEAR SELECTOR, WHICH FULLY RETRACTED THE GEAR AND EXTINGUISHED THE GEAR IN TRANSIT LIGHT. ONCE THE GEAR WAS RETRACTED, THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING NORMALLY, WITH NO ADVERSE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS. AT THIS TIME HE INFORMED THE TOWER THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DEPART TO THE NORTH AND RECEIVE FLIGHT FOLLOWING. HE THEN PROCEEDED NORTH TOWARDS GAYLORD, MI (KGLR), MAINTAINING VFR THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE FLIGHT. UPON ARRIVAL AT KGLR, THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMPANY DIRECTOR OF MAINTENANCE, AND UPDATE HIM ON THE STATUS OF THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS TIME, THE PILOT ONCE AGAIN WENT THROUGH THE PRE-LANDING CHECKLIST, AND UPON SELECTING THE GEAR DOWN, HE RECEIVED THE SAME INDICATIONS AS BEFORE (TWO GREEN LIGHTS FOR THE MAINS, BUT NO LIGHT FOR THE NOSE, AND THE TRANSIT LIGHT STILL ILLUMINATED) AFTER THIS, HE PROCEEDED TO TRY AND PERFORM THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION AS PER THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST. AFTER COMPLETION OF THE CHECKLIST, THE NOSE GEAR INDICATION WAS STILL NOT ILLUMINATED, NOR VISIBLE FROM THE GROUND CREW. AFTER RECEIVING THE OK FROM ALL THE GROUND CREW, HE PROCEEDED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27. UPON TOUCHDOWN, HE HELD THE NOSE OFF FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE WHILE MAINTAINING DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. ONCE THE NOSE OF THE PLANE TOUCH THE GROUND, HE PULLED BOTH ENGINE MIXTURES. UPON STOPPING, THE PILOT SHUT OFF ALL POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT AND SELECTED BOTH FUEL SELECTORS TO OFF, AND EXITED THE AIRCRAFT. ## Other reports on N71NC (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20040503006679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040503006679I), May 3, 2004: Cessna 310R (N71NC), Evert, MI. (-23) While on a on demand passenger charter flight conducted under 14 CFR 135, the pilot lost consciousness in flight. The passengers managed to control the… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.