41.3032° N, 95.8941° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at EPPLEY AIRFIELD (OMA), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
November 5, 1981 · 12:00 local
Place
Omaha, NE
Airport
Eppley
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5470J
Reported as
Cessna 310R
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total1,500 in this make and model125 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.
Nose gear collapsed on landing. Found forward torque tube bell crank broken by gear door with missing bolt.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FOUND FORWARD TORQUE TUBE BELL CRANK BROKEN BY GEAR DOOR WITH MISSING BOLT.