# Incident 19940114005399I: Cessna 310Q, Oakland, CA, January 14, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1994, 22:30 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Airport: Metropolitan Oakland International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1521T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1521T-2018-02-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310Q (registry code 2074242, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310Q
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 784 total, 408 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940114005399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JAN 14, 1994, AT 2230 LOCAL, A CESSNA 310Q OWNED AND PILOTED BY MARK R. MOHLER EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION WHILE ON APPROACH TO SAN CARLOS, CA AIRPORT (SQL). THE APPROACH WAS DISCONTINUED AND THE AIRCRAFT DIVERTED TO OAKLAND INTERNATIONAL (OAK). THE AIRCRAFT LANDED NORMALLY. IT ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 1200 FT AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THIS WAS A PERSONAL FLIGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRACTICE INSTRUMENT APPROACHES. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. CONDITIONS WERE VFR. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER TIP, RIGHT PROPELLER AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TORQUE TUBE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. MR. MOHLER IS A CERTIFIED PRIVATE PILOT AND IS RATED ASEL, AMEL AND INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED IN SAN CARLOS, CA JAN 14, 1994 AT 2000 LOCAL. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK FAILED TO GO OVER CENTER DUE TO BINDING IN THE LOWER SIDE BRACE MOUNTING BOLT. AN M OR D REPORT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED ON THE BOLT (CESSNA PART NO. 5041011-1). THE BOLT RUSTED AND SEIZED DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION.

## Other reports on N1521T (1)

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

- [Accident 19980315003389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980315003389A), Mar 15, 1998: Cessna 310Q (N1521T), Council Bluffs, IA, Substantial damage. (Tty) acft landed hard and off center, nose gear collapsed, Council Bluffs, IA. (-23) not aligned with runway landed on snowbank off edge runway. Folded nose…

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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