- Date
- February 17, 1985, 16:56 local (22:56 UTC)
- Place
- Austin, TX
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2916RCessna 310G
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850217011179A
- Case key
- 21676
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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
During takeoff, the plt heard a loud noise as the gear was retracted. He continued to the destination, but when he arrived, he was unable to get a safe nose gear indication. During the landing, the plt delayed lowering the nose & kept the weight on the main gear as long as possible, but the nose subsequently collapsed. An exam revealed that the nose gear door actuating rods had been disconnected during maintenance on the previous day & had not been reconnected.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2916R
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310G0116
- Airframe hours
- 3,362
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul Davis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 14, 1984
- Departed
- F46 · Rockwall, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- AUS · Robert Mueller, runway 17R, 5,006 × 150 ft, asphalt
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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,309 total · 380 in this make and model · 1,309 as pilot in command · 43 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- AUS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.