# Incident 19940115004399I: Cessna 310R, Columbus, IN, January 15, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 15, 1994, 13:00 local time
- Place: Columbus, IN
- Airport: Columbus Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: JRAA
- Location: 39.2619° N, 85.8963° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at COLUMBUS MUNI (BAK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2619&lon=-85.8963&mi=10
- Aircraft: N134JR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,550 total, 950 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940115004399I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: WEATHER: SOURCE: PILOT SKY CONDITION: 8000 SCATTERED VIS RESTRICTION: NONE D.P. : UNKNOWN WIND: 310 DEGREES AT 08 TIME:1300 VISIBILITY: 15 TEMPERATURE:90F AIRCRAFT DEPARTED COLUMBUS BAKALAR AIRPORT, INDIANA WITH THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD FOR SOUTH BEND, INDIANA. WHILE ENROUTE, APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES FROM DEPARTURE POINT, THE PILOT NOTED RISING OIL TEMPERATURE ON THE LEFT ENGINE AND ELECTED TO RETURN TO COLUMBUS. WHILE ON THE ILS APPROACH TO COLUMBUS BAKALAR AIRPORT, THE PILOT LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR OVER THE OUTER MARKER AND NOTED THAT HE ONLY HAD TWO GEAR LIGHTS. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A FLY-BY AND THE TOWER CONTROLLER ADVISED HIM THAT HE COULD SEE THREE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LEAVE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND CYCLE THE GEAR SEVERAL TIMES IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET A POSITIVE GEAR DOWN INDICATION. A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WAS ALSO PERFORMED. HE WAS UNSUCCESSFUL, AND CONDUCTED ANOTHER FLY-BY OF THE TOWER. AGAIN THE TOWER CONTROLLER ADVISED THAT HE COULD SEE THREE LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. THE PILOT THEN DECIDED TO ATTEMPT A LANDING. AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD ROLLED ABOUT 2000 FEET AND HAD SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 35 KNOTS, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.

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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