20070131004489A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 310Q · Atlantic City, NJ · January 31, 2007

Date: January 31, 2007 · 11:45 local
Place: Atlantic City, NJ
Airport: Atlantic City International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N20SS
NTSB investigation: NTSBNYC07LA061
Reported as: Cessna 310Q
Reported engine: Continental IO470*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,500 total700 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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) Pilot stated that after extending the landing gear, he had three green lights. He stated that the main gear green light went out. He then recycled the gear and the left and right main gear green lights remained out. He then flew by the tower and they told him the gear appeared to be down. Another aircraft also observed that the gear appeared to be down. He then went through the emergency gear extension checklist. After landing, the aircraft rolled on the main gear for a few hundred feet. Then the left main gear collapsed followed by the right main and then the nose gear. The nose gear collapsed at about 25 KTS. There was no injury to the pilot.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT AFTER EXTENDING THE LANDING GEAR, HE HAD THREE GREEN LIGHTS. HE STATED THAT THE MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHT WENT OUT. HE THEN RECYCLED THE GEAR AND THE LEFT AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR GREEN LIGHTS REMAINED OUT. HE THEN FLEW BY THE TOWER AND THEY TOLD HIM THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN. HE THEN WENT THROUGH THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION CHECKLIST. AFTER LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED ON THE MAIN GEAR FOR A FEW HUNDRED FEET. THEN THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED FOLLOWED BY THE RIGHT MAIN AND THEN THE NOSE GEAR. THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AT ABOUT 25 KTS. THERE WAS NO INJURY TO THE PILOT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB NYC07LA061Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportAtlantic City, NJThe inoperative safe gear indicator light switch. Contributing to the accident was the pilot hand-cranking the landing gear past the physical stop.Jan 31, 2007 · Substantial damage