# Incident 20220112000469I: Cessna 310D, Albion, NE, January 12, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 12, 2022, 18:00 local time
- Place: Albion, NE
- Airport: Albion Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6880° N, 97.9997° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albion, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6880&lon=-97.9997&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6827T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6827T) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310D (registry code 2074212, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 409 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220112000469I

## Narrative

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

CONTACTED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^PILOT OF N6827T. THE PILOT TOOK OFF ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. DURING LANDING GEAR RETRACTION HE HEARD AN UNUSUAL NOISE COME FROM UNDER THE FLOORBOARDS IN THE NOSE GEAR AREA. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR DID NOT INDICATE GEAR UPLOCK. THE PILOT RAN THE EMERGENCY CHECKLIST AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR. THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED. PERSONS ON THE GROUND AT THE AIRPORT WERE IN RADIO CONTACT WITH THE PILOT. THEY RELAYED THAT THE NOSE LANDING GEAR WAS OUT OF THE WELL. THE PILOT LANDED THE AIRCRAFT. DURING THE LANDING, THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT LOCKED AND THE NOSE GEAR FOLDED INWARD AS WEIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ON IT. THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED TO THE GROUND DURING LANDING. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. THE AIRCRAFT PROPELLERS, NOSE SKIN AND NOSE LANDING GEAR DOORS WERE DAMAGED DURING LANDING.

## Other reports on N6827T (1)

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

- [Incident 19990806027169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990806027169I), Aug 6, 1999: Cessna 310D (N6827T), Ottumwa, IA, Minor damage. (-23) After take off, Mr. Struck tried to raise the landing gear. During this process, both pilots heard a noise, that one called a loud pop. The instructor,…

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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