# Accident 20060118000909A: Cessna 310N, Destin, FL, January 18, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 18, 2006, 08:00 local time
- Place: Destin, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4000° N, 86.4714° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4000&lon=-86.4714&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4196Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4196Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,073 total, 342 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA06LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA048) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060118000909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) DURING APPROACH AT DESTIN AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 32, PILOT OF AIRCRAFT N4196Q, STATED THAT DURING GEAR EXTENSION ALL WAS NORMAL. HE WAS WITH THREE GREEN INDICATORS FOR APPROXIMATELY A SECOND, THEN HE HEARD A THUMP NOISE COMING FROM THE FLOOR OF THE AIRCRAFT. PILOT STATED THAT THE NOSE GEAR LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED BUT THE MAIN GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATED. PILOT STATED THAT FROM THE SHADOW ON THE GROUND THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ON ALL GEARS AND ABOUT 200 FEET FROM THE TAXIWAY TURN OFF, THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, CAUSING THE LEFT ENGINE PROPELLER TO STRIKE THE RUNWAY AND THE LEFT WING AND AFT TAIL TO SKID ON RUNWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET. PILOT AND PASSENGERS RECEIVED NO INJURIES.

## 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 MIA06LA048](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA06LA048), Jan 18, 2006: Cessna 310N (N4196Q), Destin, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The down limit switch, which operates the landing gear mechanical stop, was bent in the up position and allowed the gear motor to continued to run, causing the gearbox to over-travel, pull on the…

## Other reports on N4196Q (1)

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

- [Incident 20021107032869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021107032869I), Nov 7, 2002: Cessna 310N (N4196Q), Peachtree City, GA, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft departed Peachtree City, GA (ffc) in route to destin, fla (dts). Upon approach to dts, pilot failed to receive a down and locked indication of…

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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