# Incident 19940320010139I: Cessna 310Q, Sacramento, CA, March 20, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 1994, 19:50 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Sacramento Metropolitan
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7522Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7522Q-2018-04-11) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 780 total, 280 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940320010139I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON MARCH 20, 1994, AT 7:50 PM PST, N7522Q, A CESSNA 310Q, REGISTERED TO GEORGE E. NOUD AND DEBORAH S. BROWN EXPERIENCED AN UNSAFE INDICATION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. DURING APPROACH TO AUBURN AIRPORT (AUN) THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWNLOCK LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE EVEN THOUGH THE LIGHT TESTED NORMALLY. THE LANDING WAS ABANDONED AND SACRAMENTO APPROACH WAS IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE LANDING GEAR WAS THEN CYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WITH NO POSITIVE RESULT. THE PILOT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH SACRAMENTO APPROACH DECIDED TO DIVERT THE LANDING TO SACRAMENTO METRO AIRPORT (SMF). A TOWER FLY-BY WAS PERFORMED AND THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. A LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT TAXI TO THE PARKING AREA WAS PERFORMED WITHOUT INCIDENT. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR PUSH-PULL ROD, CESSNA PART NUMBER 0840125-200, HAD BROKEN IN HALF, CAUSING THE MICRO SWITCH TO MALFUNCTION. THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN AND LOCKED POSITION. M OR D WILL BE SUBMITTED AT A LATER DATE.

## Other reports on N7522Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20180207002069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180207002069I), Feb 7, 2018: Cessna 310Q (N7522Q), Sand Springs, OK, Minor damage. During a phone interview with the pilot he stated that he departed from krvs with flight following from ktul going to kowp, a short flight that he had done…

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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