# NTSB FTW80FRJ03: Cessna 310A, N5340A, Shreveport, LA, October 23, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 23, 1979
- Place: Shreveport, LA · SHREVEPORT, LA
- Location: 32.5252° N, 93.7502° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Shreveport, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5252&lon=-93.7502&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 27, 1979
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 134854
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW80FRJ03
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRJ03

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2938  79/10/23   SHREVEPORT,LA       CESSNA 310A         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1250                    N5340A              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  AGE 34, 4174 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            469 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - REGIONAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          JONESBORO,LA                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PRESSURE TOO LOW
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- NOSE LNDG GEAR JAMMED BY MECHANISM OF WHEEL WELL DOORS.FOUND STRUT UNDER-INFLATED & NO HYDR LEAK.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5340A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5340A-1994-08-08), registration cancelled 1994-08-08, S/N 35540 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310A
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Regional

## 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 19791023031979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791023031979A), Oct 23, 1979: Cessna 310, Shreveport, LA, Substantial damage. Landing gear failed to fully retract on takeoff, jammed in partial up position. Found nose wheel and door jammed.

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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