# Accident 19800816036639A: Cessna 310J, Houston, TX, August 16, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1980, 17:05 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Wm. P. Hobby
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3065L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3065L-2012-11-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310J (registry code 2074226, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,304 total, 400 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FRA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800816036639A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL DUE TO A BROKEN DOWN LOCK BELL CRANK.

## 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 FTW80FRA46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FRA46), Aug 16, 1980: Cessna 310J (N3065L), Houston, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N3065L (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810401024719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810401024719I), Apr 1, 1981: Cessna 310J (N3065L), La Porte, TX, Minor damage. Pilot did not get a gear safe light. Elected to land and right gear collapsed. Bolt on side brace found sheared.

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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