# Accident 20020504021429A: Cessna 310L, Detroit, MI, May 4, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 2002, 09:35 local time
- Place: Detroit, MI
- Airport: Detroit Metro Wayne County
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3294° N, 83.0490° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3294&lon=-83.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1199L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1199L-2006-01-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310L (registry code 2074230, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-470 series (registry code 17044, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Reported engine: CONT IO470VO
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 400 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA127) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020504021429A

## Narrative

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

(.19) ON MAY 4, 2002, AT 0810 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310L, N1199L, OWNED AND PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE WHEN THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE LANDING ON RUNWAY 33 (5,090 FEET BY 100 FEET, DRY/ASPHALT) AT THE DETROIT CITY AIRPORT (DET), DETROIT, MICHIGAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 ON AN INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES (IFR) FLIGHT PLAN. THE PILOT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED DET AT 0735. ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S WRITTEN STATEMENT, THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS INTENDED TO BE A CROSS-COUNTRY TO DEKALB-PEACHTREE AIRPORT (PDK), ATLANTA, GEORGIA. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT WHEN HE WAS HANDED-OFF TO TOLEDO APPROACH CONTROL HE NOTICED THAT THE INSTRUMENT LIGHTS WERE BLINKING OFF AND ON. THE PILOT STATED HE INFORMED TOLEDO APPROACH CONTROL THAT HE WAS HAVING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS AND WANTED TO RETURN TO DET. THE PILOT REPORTED WHILE RETURNING TO DET THE AIRPLANE LOST COMPLETE ELECTRICAL POWER. THE PILOT STATED, "UPON ARRIVING AT DET WE HAND CRANK THE LANDING GEAR DOWN, THE LANDING GEAR DID NOT LOCK." THE PILOT REPORTED THAT DURING THE LANDING THE AIRPLANE SWERVED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE NOSE AND MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. (-23) AIRCRAFT IN ROUTE FROM DETROIT CITY, MI (DET) TO ATLANTA, GA (ATL). AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED COMPLETE ELECTRICAL FAILURE FLYING OVER OHIO AIRSPACE. PILOT PROCEEDED TO RETURN TO DET. IN ROUTE TO DET PILOT PROCEEDED TO MANUALLY CRANK DOWN THE LANDING GEAR. WITHOUT ELECTRICAL INDICATION THERE WAS NO WAY TO VERIFY THAT THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT REDUCED SPEED TO 60 KNOTS, AIRCRAFT LANDED ON RUNWAY 33 TOUCHING DOWN SMOOTHLY. UPON SETTLING DOWN ON RUNWAY THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR FOLDED UP, AND THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, PILOT ATTEMPTED A GO-AROUND ADDING POWER TO THE AIRCRAFT, THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED UPWARD AND STARTED TO ROLL TO THE LEFT. AIRCRAFT HIT ON LEFT WING TIP AND SLAMMED ON ITS BELLY. THE RIGHT TIP TANK CAME OFF AND THERE WAS NO FIRE. THE PILOT AND PASSENGERS GOT OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT SAFELY.

## 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 CHI02LA127](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02LA127), May 4, 2002: Cessna 310L (N1199L), Detroit, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The total failure of the electrical system, the landing gear indicating system not operating, and the unsuccessful emergency landing gear extension.

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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