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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310J · Cedar Rapids, IA · March 20, 2025

Date
March 20, 2025 · 13:00 local
Place
Cedar Rapids, IA
Airport
Eastern Iowa Airport
Phase of flight
Takeoff: Climb Out
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N310BD
Reported as
Cessna 310J
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Airline transport
Pilot’s flight hours
5,300 total

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

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

Pilot reported popping sound upon gear retraction after takeoff. During touchdown and rollout nose gear collapsed. Damage to propeller tips and nose gear doors.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT REPORTED POPPING SOUND UPON GEAR RETRACTION AFTER TAKEOFF. DURING TOUCHDOWN AND ROLLOUT NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO PROPELLER TIPS AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.

Other reports on N310BD · 1

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