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A C310 landed with the nose gear partially extended following a takeoff with an unusual noise upon gear retraction. An emergency was declared.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 696063 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200605 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 310/T310C |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | other pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 696063 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical ground encounters : gear up landing ground encounters other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : landed in emergency condition |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
Narrative:
Normal preflight; taxi; takeoff from ZZZ. On gear retraction; I heard a loud clunk sound. Returning to the airport; I could not get a nose gear down and locked indication. I ran through the checklist -- no help. Tried positive G and manual gear extension -- no help. I flew a low approach and the tower confirmed that the nose gear appeared only partially extended. I declared an emergency; went through the poh again and then landed. The nose gear collapsed or provided no support during the landing. No injuries or other property damage. Damage to the nose; nose gear and both propellers. The most distracting thing was opening the passenger door before landing as suggested by the poh; way more disrupting than I expected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A C310 LANDED WITH THE NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY EXTENDED FOLLOWING A TKOF WITH AN UNUSUAL NOISE UPON GEAR RETRACTION. AN EMER WAS DECLARED.
Narrative: NORMAL PREFLT; TAXI; TKOF FROM ZZZ. ON GEAR RETRACTION; I HEARD A LOUD CLUNK SOUND. RETURNING TO THE ARPT; I COULD NOT GET A NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATION. I RAN THROUGH THE CHKLIST -- NO HELP. TRIED POSITIVE G AND MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION -- NO HELP. I FLEW A LOW APCH AND THE TWR CONFIRMED THAT THE NOSE GEAR APPEARED ONLY PARTIALLY EXTENDED. I DECLARED AN EMER; WENT THROUGH THE POH AGAIN AND THEN LANDED. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED OR PROVIDED NO SUPPORT DURING THE LNDG. NO INJURIES OR OTHER PROPERTY DAMAGE. DAMAGE TO THE NOSE; NOSE GEAR AND BOTH PROPS. THE MOST DISTRACTING THING WAS OPENING THE PAX DOOR BEFORE LNDG AS SUGGESTED BY THE POH; WAY MORE DISRUPTING THAN I EXPECTED.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.