# Accident 19761219040639A: Cessna T310R, Orchards, WA, December 19, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 19, 1976
- Place: Orchards, WA
- Airport: Scholls
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 45.6890° N, 122.5306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orchards, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6890&lon=-122.5306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5455A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5455A-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310B (registry code 2074208, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 274 total, 120 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA77FYC11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYC11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761219040639A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNSAFE IND,WHEELS DOWN.R MLG COLLAPSED.BRG,P/N HSBG-5S,CAME OUT OF PUSH-PULL TUBE,P/N 0840125-6.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB SEA77FYC11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYC11), Dec 19, 1976: Cessna 310B (N5455A), Orchards, WA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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