# Incident 19960901033709I: Cessna 310A, San Juan, Puerto Rico, September 1, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 1996, 15:46 local time
- Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Luis Munoz Marin International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.4394° N, 66.0021° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LUIS MUNOZ MARIN INTL (SJU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.4394&lon=-66.0021&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5077Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5077Q-2014-10-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310A (registry code 2074204, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 600 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960901033709I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1996, CESSNA 310, N5077Q, PILOTED BY MR. RUBEN TORRES, DEPARTED SAN JUAN, PR TO PUERTO PLATA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. UPON SELECTING THE LANDING GEAR UP MR. TORRES HEARD A LOUD BANG NOISE. MR. TORRES LOOKED OUT AND OBSERVED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS STILL DOWN AND THAT AN UNSAFE LANDING GEAR INDICATION WAS INDICATED BY THE LANDING GEAR POSITION LIGHTS. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO RECYCLE THE LANDING GEAR IN AN ATTEMPT TO LOCK IT IN THE DOWN POSITION. HE MADE A LOW PATH OVER RUNWAY 8 AT LUIS MUNOZ MARIN AIRPORT, SAN JUAN, PR TO VERIFY, WITH THE HELP OF THE ATCT CONTROLLERS, THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS INFORMED HIM THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. MR. TORRES RETURNED AND LANDED. UPON LANDING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED, RESULTING IN MINOR DAMAGES TO THE AIRCRAFT AND NO INJURIES TO BOTH OCCUPANTS. A SITE INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED MODERATE CORROSION ON ALL THREE LANDING GEARS ASSEMBLY. FURTHER INSPECTION MADE BY THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC REVEALED THAT THE PUSH AND PULL ROD-END ASSEMBLY BROKE.

## Other reports on N5077Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19940911037749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940911037749I), Sep 11, 1994: Cessna 310A (N5077Q), San Juan, Puerto Rico, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed landing. Appears collapsed due side load in crosswind such as many in type.

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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