# Incident 19991123030869I: Cessna T310R, Santa Ana, CA, November 23, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 23, 1999, 17:25 local time
- Place: Santa Ana, CA
- Airport: John Wayne Airport-Orange Cou
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7368° N, 117.8829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Ana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7368&lon=-117.8829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N310AB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N310AB-2015-05-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310R (registry code 2074246, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991123030869I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROX. 1700 HOURS LOCAL PST ON 11/23/99 CESSNA AIRCRAFT N310AB PILOT THOMAS FORD REPORTED TO SNA ATC THAT HIS RIGHT MAIN GEAR DOWN-AND-LOCKED LIGHT HAD NOT COME ON AFTER GEAR EXTENSION. MR. FORD ACCOMPLISHED LOW APPROACH WITH ALL THREE GEAR APPEARING TO ATC TO BE DOWN.  MR. FORD ELECTED TO LEAVE SNA OPERATIONAL AREA AND CONDUCTED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES.  PILOT REPORTED TO THIS INSPECTOR THAT HE ATTEMPTED GEAR RETRACTION AND RE-EXTENSION, AND ATTEMPTED MANUAL EXTENSION, BUT RIGHT LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON.  A SECOND LOW APPROACH WAS FLOWN AND AGAIN THE THREE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN TO OBSERVERS ON THE GROUND.  DURING LANDING ROLLOUT, RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN NORMAL WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION TOOK PLACE.  SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT GEAR REVEALED THE GEAR DOWNLOCK BELLCRANK WAS BENT SLIGHTLY AFT, ALL OTHER COMPONENTS APPEARED TO BE INTACT.  CONVERSATION WITH AIRCRAFT MECHANIC ERIC RHOADS REVEALED THE SAME FINDINGS.  GEAR SWING IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED UPON RELEASE FROM INSURANCE COMPANY WITH M OR D TO BE DONE BY MR. RHOADS.

## Other reports on N310AB (1)

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

- [Incident 19910610027899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910610027899I), Jun 10, 1991: Cessna T310R (N310AB), Riverside, CA. Left engine lost oil pressure. Secured it and landed without incident.

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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