# Incident 19980318007549I: Cessna 310R, St Charles, MO, March 18, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 1998, 06:45 local time
- Place: St Charles, MO
- Airport: Charles Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: DFJA
- Location: 38.7957° N, 90.5154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Charles, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7957&lon=-90.5154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4264J, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4264J) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,309 total, 481 in this make and model, 172 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980318007549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, MATERIAL FAILURE OF COMPONENT RESULTED IN COLLAPSE OF LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. PILOT DEPARTED ST. LOUIS LAMBERT, RETRACTED LANDING GEAR, ONLY THE NOSE AND RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR RETRACTED. LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR REMAINED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH A GREEN LOCKED LIGHT ON. SEE ATTACHED PILOT STATEMENT. COMPONENT: SLOTTED PIN BROKE, ALLOWING SHAFT-PIN P/N 5041107-2 TO BACK OUT FURTHER ALLOWING LEFT GEAR BRACE TO COME LOOSE. FRONT PIN THEN BROKE DURING A TAXI TURN TO THE LEFT.

## Other reports on N4264J (2)

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

- [Incident 20020222002719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020222002719I), Feb 22, 2002: Cessna 310R (N4264J), Calhouncounty, IL, Minor damage. (-23) Approximately 4 minutes after performing maneuvers, in level flight at approximately 3500 ft, the pilot heard a loud bang and saw debris coming from the…
- [Incident 19941215047229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941215047229I), Dec 15, 1994: Cessna 310R (N4264J), Chicago/West Ch, IL, Minor damage. During taxi to gate,right brake failed. Struck snowbank. Wheel piston over traveled causing loss brake fluid.

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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