# Incident 20050806019779I: Cessna 310, Melbourne, FL, August 6, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 2005, 12:30 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Melbourne Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3148D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3148D-2018-02-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310 (registry code 2074202, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 26,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050806019779I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT REPORTED LANDING GEAR LOCK LIGHT (GREEN) DID NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN FOR LANDING AT MLB. THE CREW REPLACED THE BULB AND CONFIRMED IT WAS AN UNLOCK INDICATION. TOWER REPORTED LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. PILOT ATTEMPTED A TOUCH AND GO AND FELT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR BEGIN TO FOLD. AIRCRAFT WAS TAKEN BACK TO 4000' ALTITUDE. THE CREW FEATHERED THE RIGHT ENGINE AND SECURED THE PROPELLER PARALLEL TO THE WING. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLDED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF ABRASIONS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE RIGHT TIP TANK, RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR, RIGHT ELEVATOR TIP CAP AND PASSENGER STEP. GENERAL VISUAL INSPECTION OF THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DID NOT REVEAL ANY OBVIOUS DAMAGE OR FAILURE. AIRCRAFT IS IN MAINTENANCE AWAITING A TEAR DOWN OF THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION 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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