# Incident 19990520017499I: Cessna 310J, Ft Lauderdale, FL, May 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1999, 14:00 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: Ft Lauderdale Executive
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: XVQA
- Location: 26.1973° N, 80.1707° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FORT LAUDERDALE EXEC (FXE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1973&lon=-80.1707&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3131L (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Reported engine: CONT IO520E
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,150 total, 200 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990520017499I

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 20, 1999, ABOUT 1400 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310, N3131L, REGISTERD TO EXECSTAR AVITION INC. AS A TITLE 14 CFR PART 135 NONSCHEDULED ON DEMAND OPERATOR MADE A LANDING AT FXE WITH THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR NOT IN THE DOWN LOCKED POSITION. THE FLIGHT HAD ORIGINATED FROM FXE ENROUTE TO FLL.  AFTER TAKEOFF FROM FXE THE PILOT REPORTED HEARING A POPPING SOUND, BUT ALL SYSTEMS LOOKED NORMAL.  WHILE ON APPROACH TO FLL HE LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AND NOTED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A GREEN LIGHT INDICATION HE MADE A LOW APPROACH BY FLL AND A CONTROLLER STATED THAT THEZ LEFT GEAR WAS DOWN BUT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE LOCKED.  THE PILOT DECIDED TOT RETURN TO FXE FOR LANDING.  WHILE ENROUTE HE TRIED EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO LOCK THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BUT WITH NO SUCCESS.  THE PILOT LANDED ON RUNWAY 13 AT FXE UPON LANDIN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  THE PILOT REPORTED NO INJURIES.  POST INCIDENT INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT ROD END ASSEMBLY ON HTE LANDING GEAR UP-LOCK ASSEMBLY BROKE IN HALF.  P/N 0841000-58.  INVESTIGATION CONTINUES ON THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE ROD ASSEMBLY.

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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