- Date
- August 18, 1984, 17:36 local (22:36 UTC)
- Place
- Amarillo, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6283QCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840818041859A
- Case key
- 21436
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During gear retraction on post-maintenance check flight initial climb, gear unlocked light remained on and gear extend/retract motor circuit breaker popped. Plt reset cb and heard a 'loud pop' from the nose section of the acft. Plt then extended gear but nose gear extended only partially. Plt circled field for about 3 hours ,attempting unsuccessfully to lower nose gear by emergency means. Plt then landed, shutting down engines and feathering props before lowering nose on partially extended nose gear. Investigation revealed the nose gear linkage had been disconnected during maintenance and was not reconnected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6283Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0492
- Airframe hours
- 3,541
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Micro Chemical Inc
- Registered owner
- Micro Chemical Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 12, 1984
- Airport
- AMA · Amerillo International, runway 22, 13,500 × 300 ft, concrete
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,293 total · 201 in this make and model · 1,224 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AMA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.