# Accident 20010202004319A: Cessna 310R, Cahokia, IL, February 2, 2001 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: February 2, 2001, 16:08 local time - Place: Cahokia, IL - Airport: St Louis Downtown-Parks Airport - Damage: No damage - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 38.5707° N, 90.1696° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5707&lon=-90.1696&mi=10 - Aircraft: N4249C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4249C-2006-11-02) (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 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI01LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA079) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010202004319A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)ON FEBRUARY 2, 2001, MR. TEREK SCHULTZ (PIC INSTRUCTOR) AND MR. BRIAN MOORE (SIC, STUDENT) WERE FLYING AN INITIAL TWIN ENGINE TRAINING FLIGHT FOR MR. MOORE . AFTER COMPLETING THE INITIAL LESSON IN THE PRACTICE AREA THEY DECIDED TO COME BACK TO PERFORM A COUPLE OF TOUCH AND GO'S. THE LANDING GEAR HAD BEEN CYCLED TWICE DURING THIS FLIGHT TRAINING AND NO PROBLEMS WERE NOTED. PRIOR TO THE INTIAL TOUCHDOWN THE THREE DOWN AND LOCKED ALNDING GEAR LIGHTS WERE VERIFIED. UPON INITIAL TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT HAND LANDING GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE AND THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PROCEEDED WITH A GO-AROUND. ONCE SAFELY IN THE AIR THEY FLEW BY THE TOWER AND THE TOWER INDICATED THAT IT LOOKED LIKE ALL THREE GEARS WERE DOWN WITH THE THREE LANDING GEAR LIGHTS INDICATING THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. A SECOND ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT AND THE L/H LANDING GEAR AGAIN BEGAN TO COLLAPSE WHICH RESULTED IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY, THE STUDENT AND INSTRUCTOR PROCEEDED WITH ANOTHER GO-AROUND. AFTER THE SECOND ATTEMPT TO LAND THEY RETRACTED THE LANDING GEAR AND DECIDED TO DO A GEAR UP LANDING BUT WERE TOLD BY THE TOWER THAT THE L/H GEAR WAS HANGING DOWN SO THEY DECIDED TO PUT THE LANDING GEAR DOWN AND PREPARED FOR A COLLAPSING GEAR. PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN THIS WAS THE FIRST INDICATION THAT THE L/H GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE L/H MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AS IT DID ON THE FIRST TWO ATTEMPTS. AFTER THE L/H WING IMPACTED THE RUNWAY THE A/C SLID OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND IMPACTED A RUNWAY LIGHT, WHICH CAUSED MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO THE LOWER SIDE OF THE L/H HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE A/C SLID TO A STOP IN THE GRASS. NO INJURIES RESULTED DUE TO 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 CHI01LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI01LA079), Feb 2, 2001: Cessna 310R (N4249C), Cahokia, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the left main landing gear during landing roll for undetermined reasons. ## Other reports on N4249C (3) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20000512021829I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000512021829I), May 12, 2000: Cessna 310R (N4249C), Cahokia, IL, Minor damage. (-23) On may 12, 2000, [privacy data omitted] (PIC) was flying with [privacy data omitted] (SIC) on a local training flight practicing touch and go's. on the… - [Accident 19980627018209A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980627018209A), Jun 27, 1998: Cessna 310R (N4249C), Cahokia, IL, Substantial damage. Acft right gear collapsed as a result of a hard landing, aft sustained substantial damage. (-23) see narrative #CHI98LA282 - [Incident 19940129003119I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940129003119I), Jan 29, 1994: Cessna 310R (N4249C), Cahokia, IL, Minor damage. Narrative: student was taxiing the aircraft on "bravo" taxiway for takeoff at runway 30L. Student attempted to apply brakes to slow the aircraft for a right… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.