# Incident 20220301003239I: Cessna 310Q, Paola, KS, March 1, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 1, 2022, 16:30 local time
- Place: Paola, KS
- Airport: Miami County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5406° N, 94.9202° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MIAMI COUNTY (K81), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5406&lon=-94.9202&mi=10
- Aircraft: N69694, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N69694) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,700 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220301003239I

## Narrative

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

THE AIRCRAFT N69694 IS A TEXTRON AIRCRAFT MODEL 310Q, SERIAL NUMBER 310Q0924 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED CHEROKEE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (4O5) CHEROKEE, OK ON MARCH 01, 2022 AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 LOCAL TIME FOR A FLIGHT TO MIAMI COUNTY AIRPORT (K81) PAOLA, KS.

AFTER TAKEOFF THE LANDING GEAR WAS RETRACTED AND DURING THE LAST SEVERAL SECONDS OF THE RETRACTION CYCLE THE PILOT HEARD A BANG IN THE NOSE AREA OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SEEMED TO RETRACT INTO THE NOSE WHEEL WELL MORE HARSHLY THAN NORMAL.

DURING THE DESCENT THE LANDING GEAR WAS LOWERED WITH NO UNUSUAL NOISES.  THE MAIN GEAR INDICATED GREEN FOR THE MAIN GEAR BEING DOWN AND LOCKED BUT THE NOSE GEAR DID NOT INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED.  THE PILOT CYCLED THE LANDING GEAR SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET THE NOSE GEAR TO INDICATE GREEN WITH NO SUCCESS.  WHEN THE NOSE GEAR FAILED TO INDICATE DOWN AND LOCKED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION WAS COMPLETED.  THIS PROCEDURE ALSO FAILED TO CHANGE THE GEAR INDICATIONS OF MAIN GEAR GREEN AND NOSE GEAR RED, INDICATING THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT SAFE.

THE PILOT CIRCLED THE AIRPORT SEVERAL TIMES WHILE COMPLETING THE CHECKLISTS AND BRIEFING THE PASSENGER ON EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  AFTER THE MAIN GEAR WAS ON THE RUNWAY THE PILOT LOWERED THE NOSE GEAR AND DIDN?T FEEL ANY SUPPORT, SO HE RAISED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT UP AND PLACED BOTH ENGINE?S MIXTURE CONTROLS TO IDLE/CUTOFF TO ATTEMPT TO STOP THE ENGINES.  HE THEN LET THE NOSE SETTLE TO THE RUNWAY VERY GENTLY UNTIL CONTACT WAS ESTABLISHED.  DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS MAINTAINED UNTIL IT HAD COME TO A COMPLETE STOP.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED OFF THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY USING SUPPORT STRAPS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED THE NOSE GEAR EXTENDED BUT WOULD NOT LOCK INTO PLACE. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SECURED IN THE DOWN POSITION BY THE MEANS OF ANGLE STEEL AND RATCHET STRAPS.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN TOWED OFF THE RUNWAY AND SECURED ON TIE DOWN AT MIAMI COUNTY AIRPORT.

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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