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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310 · Las Vegas, NV · March 3, 2002

Date: March 3, 2002 · 03:00 local
Place: Las Vegas, NV
Airport: Mc Carran International
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N310HF
Reported as: Cessna 310
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,300 total21 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

N310HFRegistration cancelled Oct 1, 2022 · Cessna 310S/N 35457 · Built 1956 Airframe modelCessna 310 Engine modelContinental O-470 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) During the landing phase the landing gear warning lights indicated amber. Pilot notified the tower controller and requested a departure from the pattern to an area where he could trouble shoot the system. Numerous attempts to re-cycle the gears failed. With the landing gear selector in the down position the pilot requested a fly-by to verify the gears down, the controller verified that the gear was partially down. The pilot elected to land in that condition. During the landing the partially down landing gears collapsed and minor damages sustained to the propellers and bottom of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING THE LANDING PHASE THE LANDING GEAR WARNING LIGHTS INDICATED AMBER. PILOT NOTIFIED THE TOWER CONTROLLER AND REQUESTED A DEPARTURE FROM THE PATTERN TO AN AREA WHERE HE COULD TROUBLE SHOOT THE SYSTEM. NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO RE-CYCLE THE GEARS FAILED. WITH THE LANDING GEAR SELECTOR IN THE DOWN POSITION THE PILOT REQUESTED A FLY-BY TO VERIFY THE GEARS DOWN, THE CONTROLLER VERIFIED THAT THE GEAR WAS PARTIALLY DOWN. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN THAT CONDITION. DURING THE LANDING THE PARTIALLY DOWN LANDING GEARS COLLAPSED AND MINOR DAMAGES SUSTAINED TO THE PROPELLERS AND BOTTOM OF THE AIRCRAFT.