# Incident 20231018022699I: Cessna 310I, Mojave, CA, October 18, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 18, 2023, 22:15 local time
- Place: Mojave, CA
- Airport: Mojave Space Port
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- 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
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231018022699I

## 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 TRACON AT 22:15Z WITH THE INFORMATION THAT THE NOSE GEAR WAS NOT FULLY RETRACTED.THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT WAS INFORMED OF THE ARFF (AIR FIELD FIRE FIGHTING ) CAPABILITIES AT THE NEAR BY AIRPORTS. WITH ONE (SOB) AND FOUR HOURS OF FUEL REMAINING THE PILOT REQUESTED TO LAND AT MOJAVE SPACE PORT MOJAVE CA.(KMHV). THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT TOUCHED  DOWN ON RWY 4 MHV AT 23:15Z. ON TOUCH DOWN THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT SLID DOWN THE RUNWAY ON THE NOSE GEAR DOORS. NO INJURY TO THE PILOT AND NO POST- EVENT FIRE. MOJAVE AIRPORT (MHV) NOTOM WAS ISSUED CLOSING RWY4 UNTILL THE REMOVAL OF THE SUBJECT AIRCRAFT COULD BE ACOMPLISHED.

## Other reports on N8036M (1)

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

- [Incident 20231018017149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20231018017149I), Oct 18, 2023: Cessna 310I (N8036M), Mojave, CA, Minor damage. 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…

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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