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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Camarillo, CA · September 4, 2007

Date: September 4, 2007 · 18:41 local
Place: Camarillo, CA
Airport: Camarillo
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N69318
Reported as: Cessna 310R
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 20,000 total500 in this make and model20 in the last 90 days

N69318Registration cancelled Feb 27, 2008 · Cessna 310RS/N 310R0085 · Built 1974 Airframe modelCessna 310R Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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

(-23) During approach the landing gear handle was placed in the down position. The nose and left main gear indicated down and locked with a corresponding unsafe condition on the right main gear. After three low approaches and an attempt to manually extend the landing gear, the tower reported the gear "appears" to be down. During the landing ground roll between 80-90 knots the right main gear collapsed as reported by the mishap pilot. After inspection of the aircraft landing gear, the right main gear torque tube assembly was found to have broken around the circumference of the torque tube aft of the flang welded bead.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) DURING APPROACH THE LANDING GEAR HANDLE WAS PLACED IN THE DOWN POSITION. THE NOSE AND LEFT MAIN GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED WITH A CORRESPONDING UNSAFE CONDITION ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR. AFTER THREE LOW APPROACHES AND AN ATTEMPT TO MANUALLY EXTEND THE LANDING GEAR, THE TOWER REPORTED THE GEAR "APPEARS" TO BE DOWN. DURING THE LANDING GROUND ROLL BETWEEN 80-90 KNOTS THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS REPORTED BY THE MISHAP PILOT. AFTER INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLY WAS FOUND TO HAVE BROKEN AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TORQUE TUBE AFT OF THE FLANG WELDED BEAD.