# NTSB CHI85LA270: Cessna 310D, N1729K, Carbondale, IL, July 4, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: July 3, 1985, 21:45 local (Jul 4, 1985, 02:45 UTC)
- Place: Carbondale, IL
- Coordinates: 37.759986, -89.330032 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7600&lon=-89.3300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13124
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI85LA270
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13124/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI85LA270

## Sequence of events

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

- Nose gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,nose gear - unlocked (contributing factor)
  - landing gear,nose gear assembly - failure,partial (cause)
- Nose down, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE ACFT WAS LANDING AT DEST ARPT AFTER A TWO HR XCOUNTRY FLT. AT GEAR EXT NO GREEN LIGHT. PILOT RECYCLED GEAR BUT STILL NO LIGHT. EMERGENCY EXT USED AND THREE GREEN INDICATED. ON LD ROLL NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. UPLOCK ARM TUBE WAS BROKEN ON THE NOSE GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1729K](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1729K-2012-08-10), registration cancelled 2012-08-10, S/N 39263, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Registry model: [Cessna 310D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (registry code 2074212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 39263
- Engines: CONTINENTAL I0-470-D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: D.G. Hill
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, January 1, 1985
- Departed: PWK, WHEELING, IL
- Destination: MDH, CARBONDALE, IL
- Airport: MDH, Southern Illinois, runway 18, 5,801 × 100 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 41; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 1,300 total, 500 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Night/dark
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 8,000 ft broken
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CGI, 37 nm away

## 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 19850703034029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850703034029A), Jul 3, 1985: Cessna 310D, Carbondale Murp, IL, Substantial damage. Nose gear folded on landing rollout after being extended manually. Nose gear uplock arm tube was broken.

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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