NTSB FTW84LA360 — 1984-08-18 · AMARILLO, Texas, United States

Current FAA registration · N6283Q

Make / Model: CESSNA 310Q
Year of manufacture: 1972 · 12 years old at event
Engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines: 6 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date: 19720621
ADS-B equipped: Yes — Mode-S A836C5

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

N6283Q Cessna 310Q None

Factual narrative

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. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1984_FTW84LA360.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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