# Incident 20110202000799I: Cessna 310R, Pelion, SC, February 2, 2011

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 2011, 14:50 local time
- Place: Pelion, SC
- Airport: Lexington County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7946° N, 81.2459° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LEXINGTON COUNTY (6J0), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7946&lon=-81.2459&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15AT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15AT-2011-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL MOTORS IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,675 total, 136 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110202000799I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 2, 2011, ABOUT 1450 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 310R, N15AT, RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE WHEN IT LANDED AT PELION AIRPORT (6J0) AT PELION, SOUTH CAROLINA ON RUNWAY 18 AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. THE PILOT DID NOT FILE A FLIGHT PLAN FOR PERSONAL FLIGHT, WHICH WAS CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. INSPECTION OF THE A/C FOUND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER (C/B) WAS POPPED. THE PILOT STATED THE GEAR UNSAFE HORN DID NOT SOUND UNTIL THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN THE GEAR MOTOR C/B RESET THE HORN WORKED PROPERLY, AND THE LANDING GEAR MOTOR RAN FOR ABOUT 10 SEC. THEN THE RIGHT AND NOSE GEAR DOWN AND LOCK LIGHTS CAME ON. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK BELL CRANK WAS BROKEN AND WOULD NOT LOCK BUT WAS FREE TO MOVE BY HAND.A FURTHER INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR SYSTEM WILL BE CONDUCTED; FINDING WILL BE DOCUMENTED ON AN AMENDMENT TO THIS REPORT.

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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