# Incident 19940322012449I: Cessna 310B, Fort Worth, TX, March 22, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 22, 1994, 18:02 local time
- Place: Fort Worth, TX
- Airport: Fort Worth Meacham Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8198° N, 97.3624° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT WORTH MEACHAM INTL (FTW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8198&lon=-97.3624&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3607D, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3607D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Reported engine: CONT IO470M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,718 total, 81 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940322012449I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: PILOT DEPARTED HICKS FIELD ON TRAINING FLIGHT. INITIATED SW APPROACH AND LANDING TO ALLIANCE AIRPORT. AFTER SECOND SE APPROACH AND LANDING, DEPARTED RUNWAY 16, RIGHT TURN TO HICKS. AFW TOWER ADVISED LEFT GEAR WAS PARTIALLY EXTENDED. PILOT VERIFIED CONDITION IN TIP TANK MIRRORS. PILOT INSTRUCTED STUDENT PILOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR, - NO GREEN LIGHT - VISUAL IN MIRRORS LOOKED O.K. LEFT GEAR WAS ALSO FULLY EXTENDED. NOTIFIED MEACHAM TOWER N3607D HAD GEAR PROBLEM. MADE LOW PASS FOR TOWER INSPECTION. LOOKED O.K. DEPLOYED EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION HAND CRANK. UNABLE TO BUDGE. (UNMOVEABLE IN CLOCKWISE OR COUNTER CLOCKWISE DIRECTION.) PILOT REMOVED GEAR POSITION LENS COVERS AND EXCHANGED LIGHT BULBS TO NO AVAIL. AND ADVISED TOWER THAT THEY WERE EXPERIENCING WHAT SMELLED LIKE AN ELECTRICAL FIRE, BUT THERE WAS NO SMOKE. ADVISED TOWER THEY WERE GOING TO TURN OFF THE ELECTRICAL AND LAND ON RWY 16L. ON SHORT FINAL, TURNED ON ELECTRICAL "FULL FLAPS" THEN OFF. LANDED, FUEL SELECTORS WERE TURNED OFF, THE FIRST 300/400 FEET WERE OK. THEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED SLOWLY, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED 180 DEGREES INTO A GRASSY AREA. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE TUBE ASSEMBLY GEAR DRIVE , PART #0841135-4 FAILED DUE TO STRESS. THIS INCIDENT CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.

## Other reports on N3607D (1)

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

- [Incident 20040307010679I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040307010679I), Mar 7, 2004: Cessna 310 (N3607D), Ft Worth, TX, Minor damage. (-23) The pilot made a low very high speed pass at fairview airport, rhome Texas (7TS0) where both propellers contacted the runway. The pilot now elected to…

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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