# Incident 20190513008349I: Cessna 310Q, El Dorado, AR, May 13, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2019, 17:15 local time
- Place: El Dorado, AR
- Airport: El Dorado Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2190° N, 92.6641° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Dorado, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2190&lon=-92.6641&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1549T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1549T) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Unknown or foreign certificate
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20190513008349I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 13, 2019, ABOUT 1715 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA C310Q, N1549T, OWNED AND OPERATED BY FIRST CHOICE USED CARS AND WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT AT SOUTH ARKANSAS REGIONAL AIRPORT, EL DORADO, ARKANSAS (KELD).  DURING RETRACTION OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AFTER TAKEOFF, A LOUD POP WAS HEARD IN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT IN COMMAND RETURNED TO THE AIRFIELD TO LAND.  UPON LANDING TOUCH DOWN THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DUE TO A NOSE LANDING GEAR FAILURE.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD AND SUSTAINED NO INJURIES.

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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