# NTSB CHI84FA201: Cessna 310P, N310AM, West Chicago, IL, May 24, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 24, 1984, 11:28 local (16:28 UTC)
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Coordinates: 41.880691, -88.219696 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.8807&lon=-88.2197&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12399
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI84FA201
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12399/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI84FA201

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, takeoff - initial climb
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,partial (cause)
  - remedial action - attempted, pilot in command
- Undershoot, landing - flare/touchdown
  - mixture - improper use of, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - in-flight planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)

## 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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310P
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310P0033
- Airframe hours: 1910
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840524034769A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840524034769A), May 24, 1984: Cessna 310P, West Chicago, IL, Destroyed. Pilot was unable to lower nose wheel and aircraft landed with nose wheel retracted.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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