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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310J · Tucson, AZ · August 8, 2013

Date
August 8, 2013 · 07:02 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3123L
Reported as
Cessna 310J
Reported engine
Continental IO-520 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
3,300 total2,000 in this make and model1 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.

On August 8, 2013 while performing a simulated engine power loss into kryn during a flight review, the gear down and locked indicator did not illuminate. The pilot initiated a go around and in the downwind phase raised the gear and lowered the landing gear again with no green down and locked light.

Pilot decided to return to ktus. Enroute the pilot performed the emergency gear extension procedures in the checklist including a manual extension with no green down and lock indication.

Flying by, the ktus tower advised all three wheels appeared to be down.

Upon landing on 11R the right main collapsed and the aircraft departed the runway with minor damage to the right wing tip, right propeller and split flap trailing edge.

As the FAA filed it

ON AUGUST 8, 2013 WHILE PERFORMING A SIMULATED ENGINE POWER LOSS INTO KRYN DURING A FLIGHT REVIEW, THE GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED INDICATOR DID NOT ILLUMINATE. THE PILOT INITIATED A GO AROUND AND IN THE DOWNWIND PHASE RAISED THE GEAR AND LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR AGAIN WITH NO GREEN DOWN AND LOCKED LIGHT.

PILOT DECIDED TO RETURN TO KTUS. ENROUTE THE PILOT PERFORMED THE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION PROCEDURES IN THE CHECKLIST INCLUDING A MANUAL EXTENSION WITH NO GREEN DOWN AND LOCK INDICATION.

FLYING BY, THE KTUS TOWER ADVISED ALL THREE WHEELS APPEARED TO BE DOWN.

UPON LANDING ON 11R THE RIGHT MAIN COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING TIP, RIGHT PROPELLER AND SPLIT FLAP TRAILING EDGE.