# Incident 20230118022509I: Cessna 310J, Farmingdale, NY, January 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2023, 14:25 local time
- Place: Farmingdale, NY
- Airport: Republic
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7293° N, 73.4134° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at REPUBLIC (FRG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7293&lon=-73.4134&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3087L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3087L-2024-07-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 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/20230118022509I

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF FROM ISP PILOT REPORTS NORMAL LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, UPON APPROACH TO FRG PILOT LOWERS LANDING GEAR BUT HAS NO GREEN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT. FRG TOWER CONFIRMS LANDING GEAR IS OUT BUT NLG IS NOT FULLY EXTENDED. PILOT ATTEMPTS TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR BUT WILL NOT RETRACT FULLY. PILOT ATTEMPTS EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PER CE310J OPERATING HANDBOOK, BUT LANDING GEAR STILL WILL NOT EXTEND FULLY. PILOT ELECTS TO RETRACT LANDING GEAR AND LAND WITH MLG UP AND NLG STILL PARTIALLY EXTENDED. PERFORMS LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT FRG AIRCRAFT COMES TO A STOP ON RWY 32 PILOT IS UNINJURED AND EXITS THE AIRCRAFT ON HIS OWN, NO FIRE OR FUEL LEAKAGE.

AFTER FURTHER INVESTIGATION NOTED NLG WHEEL STRAIGHTENER BRACKET PN 0842000-58 IS FOUND BROKEN AND NLG STRAIGHTENER CAM ROLLER PN CR10-1 IS FOUND FROZEN AND NOT ABLE TO ROTATE.

WHEN CAM ROLLER COULD NOT ROTATE IT BENT THE NLG STRIGHTENER BRACKET ALLOWING NLG TO BECOME UNCENTERED AND NOT ABLE TO RETRACT. UNPON LANDING THE NLG CAM ROLLER DID FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE STRAIGHTENER BRACKET WHICH WAS FOUND BROKEN.

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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