- Date
- June 19, 1998, 19:08 local (Jun 20, 1998, 00:08 UTC)
- Place
- Janesville, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5030QCessna 310N
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 16, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19980619046689A
- Case key
- 10927
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Probable cause
other maintenance personnel not installing nose landing gear door linkage. Factors were the unsecured landing gear door, the nose landing gear becoming jammed and the gear extension not possible by the pilot.
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.
Analysis
The airplane landed with the nose landing gear not extended. Examination of the airplane revealed that the linkage for the right nose landing gear door was not secured. When the landing gear was retracted on the previous departure, the nose landing gear became trapped and inoperable. The accident flight was the first flight after the airplane had been painted. The nose landing gear doors were disengaged during that maintenance.
Factual narrative
On June 19, 1998, at 1908 central daylight time, a Cessna 310N, N5030Q, received substantial damage when landing on runway 36 (5,000' x 75' dry/asphalt), near Janesville, Wisconsin, with the nose landing gear not extended. The pilot said that the airplane had just been painted and the nose landing gear door was not properly attached after painting. On retraction of the nose landing gear the nosewheel became trapped by the door and could not be extended again. The pilot reported no injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Watertown, Wisconsin, at 1810.
Examination of the airplane after the accident revealed that the linkage for the right nose landing gear door was not secured. When the landing gear was retracted on the previous departure, the nose landing gear became trapped and inoperable. Repeated attempts to extend the nose landing gear were unsuccessful and the airplane landed with the nose landing gear not extended. The accident flight was the first flight after the airplane had been painted. The nose landing gear doors were disengaged during that maintenance.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5030Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310N-0130
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Viking Transport Ltd
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RYV · Watertown, WI
- Destination
- JVL
- Airport
- JVL · Rock County, runway 36, 5,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,110 total · 70 in this make and model · 925 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 285° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5030Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.