# Accident 19980525010659A: Cessna 310L, Chicago/Wheelin, IL, May 25, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 1998, 12:01 local time
- Place: Chicago/Wheelin, IL
- Airport: Pal-Waukee Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1304° N, 87.9203° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1304&lon=-87.9203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N333WD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N333WD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 19,000 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 170 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA174) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980525010659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING, WHEELING, IL. (.4)THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT THE DUAL STUDENT HAD FLOWN THE INSTRUMENT APPROACH AND HAD RELINQUISHED THE CONTROLS TO HIM FOR THE LANDING ON RUNWAY 30R. THE INSTRUCTOR STATED THAT A NORMAL LANDING WAS MADE AND THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 1,500' TO 2,000' WHEN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT SLID TO THE LEFT, CAME TO REST, AND EVERYONE EVACUATED THE AIRCRAFT.  POST CRASH INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THE BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY, OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR, WAS SHEARED AT BOTH CONNECTION POINTS OF THE STRUT ASSEMBLY.  NO SIGNS OF  STRESS, CORROSION, OR PREVIOUS DAMAGE.                                                                (-23) ON MAY 25, 1998 @ 1201 PM, AFTER LANDING AIRCRAFT ON RUNWAY 30 @ PWK, LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY FAILURE. THE AIRCRAFT TAXIIED APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DOWN RUNWAY WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED.  NO FIRE OR INJURIES RESULTED FROM THIS ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI98LA174](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA174), May 25, 1998: Cessna 310L (N333WD), Wheeling, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: the collapse of the left main landing gear for undetermined reasons.

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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