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Incident

FAA incident report · Cessna 310J · San Francisco, CA · March 2, 1984

Date
March 2, 1984 · 19:15 local
Place
San Francisco, CA
Airport
San Francisco
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N3114L
Reported as
Cessna 310J
Reported engine
Continental IO470U
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,000 total200 in this make and model120 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.

Unsafe gear light on for landing. Used manual extension and landed with light on. Wire from downlock switch shorted.

As the FAA filed it

UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT ON FOR LANDING.USED MANUAL EXTENSION AND LANDED WITH LIGHT ON.WIRE FROM DOWNLOCK SWITCH SHORTED.