# Incident 19810306018869I: Cessna 310K, Wilmington, DE, March 6, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 6, 1981, 22:23 local time
- Place: Wilmington, DE
- Airport: Greater Wilmingto
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.7357° N, 75.5321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, DE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7357&lon=-75.5321&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555BP-1992-03-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 13,650 total, 263 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810306018869I

## Narrative

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

FLYBY REVEALED RIGHT MAIN GEAR TURNED 90 DEGREES.LANDED GEAR UP. BOLT CAME OUT OF UPPER TORQUE LINK.

## Other reports on N555BP (1)

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

- [Incident 19810520088609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810520088609I), May 20, 1981: Cessna 310K (N555BP), Philadelphia, PA, Minor damage. Brake problem on landing. Found warped disc allowed brake pads to fall out. Indicates brakes were overheated.

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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