# Accident 19980619021669A: Cessna 310K, Calexico, CA, June 19, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 19, 1998, 11:32 local time
- Place: Calexico, CA
- Airport: Calexico International Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.6895° N, 115.5108° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.6895&lon=-115.5108&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6994L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6994L) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- Reported engine: CONT IO470*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 34 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX98LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA229) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980619021669A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. (-23) INCIDENT UPGRADED TO ACCIDENT BY NTSB DUE TO DAMGE TO AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS INBOUND TO CXL (CALEXICO, CA); PILOT NOTICED AN INTERMITTENT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATION.  AFTER SEVERAL SECONDS, LIGHT BECAME A STEADY GREEN.  AIRCRAFT LANDED AND ON ROLL-OUT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT WAS CONSISTENT TO THE TYPE OF OCCURRENCE; RIGHT PROPELLER, RIGHT ENGINE, RIGHT AILERON/WING, RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AND RIGHT TIP TANK DAMAGE. (.4) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT, PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, THERE WAS A PREEXISTING PROBLEM WITH THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR INDICATION LIGHT.  WHEN THE GEAR WAS EXTENDED, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE.  HE STATED THAT AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SWITCH WAS CONDUCTED, AND 2 DAYS LATER HE LEFT FOR A FLYING VACATION.  NO DISCREPANCIES WERE NOTED WITH THE AIRPLANE ON THE MONTH-LONG TRIP.  ON THE RETURN FLIGHT, AT AN INTERMEDIATE STOP PRIOR TO THE INTENDED DESTINATION, THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE.  THE PILOT RECYCLED THE LANDING GEAR, AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN INDICATION LIGHT STILL DID NOT  ILLUMINATE. HE CONTINUED WITH THE LANDING, AND ON THE LANDING ROLLOUT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.

## 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 LAX98LA229](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX98LA229), Jun 19, 1998: Cessna 310K (N6994L), Calexico, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's continued operation of the aircraft with known deficiencies in the landing gear indicating system. A contributing factor to the accident was the pilot's expectation that the gear would be…

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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