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FAA incident report · Cessna 310Q · Knoxville, TN · February 21, 2024

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Date
February 21, 2024 · 13:03 local
Place
Knoxville, TN
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N258WP
Reported as
Cessna 310Q
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
2,801 total31 in this make and model43 in the last 90 days
N258WPRegistration cancelled Apr 14, 2025 · Cessna 310QS/N 310Q0113 · Built 1970Airframe modelCessna 310QEngine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On February 21st, 2024, the incident aircraft experienced a gear up landing on runway 23R at ktys airport in Knoxville, TN. The aircraft had departed kmor in morristown, TN, for ktys. The incident aircraft was cleared for a visual approach to runway 23R at ktys. While in the flare, the PIC stated he heard the aircraft's lower fuselage strike the ground followed by the propellers making contact with the runway. The aircraft continued to decelerate down the centerline of runway 23R. The PIC completed an emergency shut down flow to secure the aircraft. The PIC exited the aircraft onto runway 23R with no injuries. The PIC stated this was a routine flight into ktys. He stated there were no unusual factors, distractions, or weather complications that would have interfered with normal extension of the landing gear. The PIC stated he did not recall when he extended or confirmed the landing gear was down and locked. A post incident examination of the aircraft revealed the gear handle in the down position and the landing gear system circuit breakers in. An extension of the gear post-incident revealed the gear extended as normal, with the gear unsafe annunciations working properly.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2024, THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A GEAR UP LANDING ON RUNWAY 23R AT KTYS AIRPORT IN KNOXVILLE, TN. THE AIRCRAFT HAD DEPARTED KMOR IN MORRISTOWN, TN, FOR KTYS. THE INCIDENT AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 23R AT KTYS. WHILE IN THE FLARE, THE PIC STATED HE HEARD THE AIRCRAFT'S LOWER FUSELAGE STRIKE THE GROUND FOLLOWED BY THE PROPELLERS MAKING CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DECELERATE DOWN THE CENTERLINE OF RUNWAY 23R. THE PIC COMPLETED AN EMERGENCY SHUT DOWN FLOW TO SECURE THE AIRCRAFT. THE PIC EXITED THE AIRCRAFT ONTO RUNWAY 23R WITH NO INJURIES. THE PIC STATED THIS WAS A ROUTINE FLIGHT INTO KTYS. HE STATED THERE WERE NO UNUSUAL FACTORS, DISTRACTIONS, OR WEATHER COMPLICATIONS THAT WOULD HAVE INTERFERED WITH NORMAL EXTENSION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE PIC STATED HE DID NOT RECALL WHEN HE EXTENDED OR CONFIRMED THE LANDING GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. A POST INCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THE GEAR HANDLE IN THE DOWN POSITION AND THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM CIRCUIT BREAKERS IN. AN EXTENSION OF THE GEAR POST-INCIDENT REVEALED THE GEAR EXTENDED AS NORMAL, WITH THE GEAR UNSAFE ANNUNCIATIONS WORKING PROPERLY.