# Incident 20191112023369I: Cessna 310R, Anoka, MN, November 12, 2019

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 12, 2019, 00:15 local time
- Place: Anoka, MN
- Airport: Anoka County-Blaine Airport(Janes
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: W1XA
- Location: 45.2144° N, 93.3916° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anoka, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.2144&lon=-93.3916&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98904, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98904-2026-01-14) (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
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,295 total, 2,091 in this make and model, 210 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20191112023369I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOWERED THE GEAR HANDLE, HEARD AND FELT A SNAP UNDER THE SEAT, DID NOT GET A NOSE DOWN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHT (GREEN LIGHT) PILOT CALLED MINNEAPOLIS APPROACH AND LET THEM KNOW HE HAD A GEAR ISSUE. PILOT CLIMBED TO 3000 AT A HEADING OF 320° AND PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO HAND CRANK THE GEAR DOWN, BUT WAS UNABLE THE EMERGENCY EXTEND DID NOT WORK. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CHANGE AIRCRAFT ATTITUDE TO GET THE GEAR TO GO DOWN BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE PILOT CALLED FOR THE FIRE AND RESCUE TO BE ON HAND, AFTER THEY WERE IN POSITION HE LANDED , HELD THE NOSE OFF FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, DURING THE APPROACH HE SHUT DOWN THE LEFT AND RIGHT ENGINES AS APPROPRIATE, SHUT DOWN THE HEATER, CLOSED THE FUEL VALVES. AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N98904 (1)

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

- [Incident 20170413003389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170413003389I), Apr 13, 2017: Cessna 310R (N98904), Anoka, MN, Minor damage. A Cessna 310R, tail number N98904 was inbound to Anoka airport on the final depositioning leg. Pilot expected VFR conditions and when he could not see 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.

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