# Incident 20250128000299I: Cessna 310I, Williamstown, WV, January 28, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 28, 2025, 12:19 local time
- Place: Williamstown, WV
- Airport: Parkersburg
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3983° N, 81.4546° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Williamstown, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3983&lon=-81.4546&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8054M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8054M-2026-06-25) (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 IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 16,000 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250128000299I

## Narrative

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

PILOT CONTACTED TOWER FOR VISUAL APPROACH AND DECENT/LANDING CHECKLIST ACCOMPLISHED. SELECTED GEAR DOWN AND NO GREEN SAFE INDICATION.  NOTICED GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER (CB) WAS POPPED AND RESET.  RECYCLED GEAR CONDUCTED A FLY-BY TOWER WHICH INDICATED THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED TO BE HALFWAY DOWN, BUT MAIN GEARS APPEARED TO BE LOCKED.  RECYCLED GEAR SEVERAL TIMES, GOT UP AN LOCK INDICATION BUT NEVER GOT A SAFE INDICATION.  TRIED TO MANUALLY EXTEND GEAR WITH NO SUCCESS AND CONDUCTED ANOTHER FLY BY THE TOWER REPORTING GEAR STILL HALF DOWN.  DECIDED TO LAND AFTER TALKING WITH MECHANIC FOR TROUBLESHOOTING.  AT MAIN GEAR TOUCHDOWN CUT FUEL MIXTURES, FEATHERED THE PROPS, CAME TO A STOPON RUNWAY 21, THEN EGRESSED WITHOUT INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGER. FIRE DEPTPARTMENT PROVIDED ASSISTANCE TO RAISE ACFT WITH AIRBAGS WHILE MECHANIC PALCE JACKS UNDER AIRCRAFT AND EXTENDED NOSE LANDING GEAR DOWN IN LOCKED POSITION BEFORE TOWING.

## Other reports on N8054M (2)

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

- [Incident 19980829040289I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980829040289I), Aug 29, 1998: Cessna 310I (N8054M), Allentown, PA, Minor damage. (-5)Immediately after take-off, upon landing gear retraction, the pilot stated he heard a clunk. He visually checked the nose gear with the nacelle mirror and…
- [Incident 19830917065919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830917065919I), Sep 17, 1983: Cessna 310I (N8054M), Alexandria, LA, Minor damage. Reported stall horn blew on short final at 95MPH. The nose gear collapsed on rollout. Mistook horn sounds.

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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