# Incident 20231018017149I: Cessna 310I, Mojave, CA, October 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2023, 16:05 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.0525° N, 118.1740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mojave, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0525&lon=-118.1740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8036M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8036M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310I (registry code 2074224, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310I
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231018017149I

## Narrative

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

THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS HANDED OFF FROM SCT BURBANK AT 22:15Z WITH THE INFOMATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED. THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS INFORMED OF THE ARFF ( FIRE ) CAPABILITY AT NEAR BY AIRPORTS BY THE JCF CONTROLLER.THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AT KMHV AIRPORT. WITH ONE PERSON ON BOARD AND FOUR HOURS OF FUEL. THE PILOT LANDED RWY4 AT 23:15Z. AFTER LANDING ON ROLL OUT, THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED WITH NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND NO POST - EVENT FIRE. RUNWAY 4 WAS CLOSED AND A NOTAM WAS ISSUED.

## Other reports on N8036M (1)

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

- [Incident 20231018022699I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231018022699I), Oct 18, 2023: Cessna 310I (N8036M), Mojave, CA, Minor damage. The subject aircraft was handed off from sct burbank TRACON at 22:15Z with the information that the nose gear was not fully retracted. The subject aircraft was…

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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