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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310N · Fort Pierce, FL · February 13, 2009

Date: February 13, 2009 · 13:00 local
Place: Fort Pierce, FL
Airport: St Lucie County International
Phase of flight: Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N415BG
Reported as: Cessna 310N
Reported engine: Continental IO470*
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,900 total1,100 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

N415BGRegistration cancelled Nov 20, 2012 · Cessna 310NS/N 310N-0050 · Built 1968 Airframe modelCessna 310N Engine modelContinental I0-470 seriesReciprocating

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.

Pilot stated that during landing the gear lever was selected down, 3 green lights illuminated. Touchdown was normal with three gear felt contacting ground. During rollout and while decelerating through approximately 40MPH the left gear collapsed. The aircraft slowly contacted the ground with the left wing and veered off the runway. The aircraft came to a rest pointed approximately 180 degrees direction from original rollout direction. The airport authority advised the on scene FAA inspector that one runway light and two taxi lights were damaged and required replacement.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING THE GEAR LEVER WAS SELECTED DOWN, 3 GREEN LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL WITH THREE GEAR FELT CONTACTING GROUND. DURING ROLLOUT AND WHILE DECELERATING THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 40MPH THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT SLOWLY CONTACTED THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT WING AND VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST POINTED APPROXIMATELY 180 DEGREES DIRECTION FROM ORIGINAL ROLLOUT DIRECTION. THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY ADVISED THE ON SCENE FAA INSPECTOR THAT ONE RUNWAY LIGHT AND TWO TAXI LIGHTS WERE DAMAGED AND REQUIRED REPLACEMENT.