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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 310 · Indianapolis, IN · June 27, 1978

Date
June 27, 1978 · 10:00 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N87481
Reported as
Cessna 310
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,400 total600 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Gear did not extend FAR enough to engage the microswitches due to lack of lubrication. Landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

GEAR DID NOT EXTEND FAR ENOUGH TO ENGAGE THE MICROSWITCHES DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION. LANDED SAFELY.