# Accident 20090318005089A: Cessna 310K, Ocala, FL, March 18, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 18, 2009, 13:21 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Ocala International-Jim Taylor Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1725° N, 82.2292° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1725&lon=-82.2292&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6901L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6901L-2009-06-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310K (registry code 2074228, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,997 total, 71 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA09LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA210) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090318005089A

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OCALA ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, LANDED AT WILLISTON AND FUELED AIRCRAFT.  AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILLISTON FOR DUNNELLON AND PERFORMED ONE TOUCH AND GO LANDING AND ONE FULL STOP LANDING.  AFTER DEPARTING DUNNELLON PILOT NOTICED THAT HE DID NOT HAVE A GEAR UP AND LOCKED LIGHT.  PILOT CYCLED LANDING GEAR AND STILL DID NOT HAVE AN UP AND LOCKED LIGHT.  AFTER CYCLING GEAR AIRCRAFT FELT AS IF THE LANDING GEAR HAD NOT FULLY RETRACTED.  PRIOR TO LANDING AT OCALA AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED A FLY-BY TO VERIFY POSITION OF LANDING GEAR.  GROUND PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT LEFT GEAR APPEARED TO BE PARTIALLY RETRACTED.  PILOT CYCLED LANDING GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER AND RECEIVED A GREEN LIGHT FOR THE LEFT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR.  ANOTHER PASS WAS MADE AND GROUND PERSONNEL REPORTED THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN.  INSTRUCTOR PILOT PERFORMED LANDING AND UPON ROLL OUT THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED.  INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED THAT THE U BOLTS SECURING THE FORWARD PIVOT SHAFT TO THE LANDING GEAR STRUT ASSEMBLY WERE MISSING, THE SHAFT REMAINED IN THE BEARING HOUSING.  THE AFT PIVOT SHAFT REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE STRUT ASSEMBLY BUT WAS BENT DOWN AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AND PULLED OUT OF THE BEARING HOUSING.

## 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 ERA09LA210](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA09LA210), Mar 18, 2009: Cessna 310K (N6901L), Ocala, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The right main landing gear collapse as a result of the pilot's improper flare during a previous landing. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor's inadequate supervision.

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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