- Date
- May 24, 1984, 11:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place
- West Chicago, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N310AMCessna 310P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840524034769A
- Case key
- 12399
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,partialCause
Remedial action - attempted
Undershoot
Mixture - improper use ofFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Airspeed - not maintainedCause
Stall - not correctedCause
Analysis
The plt heard a loud noise during gear retraction and noted that the nose gear could not be extended. Attempts to correct the situation failed. On the approach to land he put the mixture controls in idle cut off to slow the acft. The acft stalled and landed 100 ft to the NE of the approach end of rwy 28.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310AM
- Reported as
- Cessna 310P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310P0033
- Airframe hours
- 1,910
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Harry A. Myers, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 9, 1983
- Airport
- DPA · Dupage, runway 28, 4,001 × 75 ft
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 720 total · 705 in this make and model · 33 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots, gusting 28
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- DPA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.