# Incident 20160204007319I: Cessna 310N, Griffin, GA, February 4, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 2016, 17:30 local time
- Place: Griffin, GA
- Airport: Griffin - Spalding County
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.2270° N, 84.2749° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIFFIN-SPALDING COUNTY (6A2), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2270&lon=-84.2749&mi=10
- Aircraft: N395MC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N395MC-2019-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310N (registry code 2074234, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310N
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 50 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/20160204007319I

## Narrative

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

ON FEBRUARY 4, 2016 AT APPROXIMATELY 1700 HOURS, WHILE TEST FLYING N395MC, A CESSNA 310N, SN 310N-064, TO DO AN AUTOPILOT TEST FLIGHT, THE PILOT NOTICED THE GEAR LIGHTS WOULD NOT REMAIN ON WHEN LANDING GEAR WAS DEPLOYED.  COMING IN FOR THE LANDING, THE PILOT WOULD LOWER THE LANDING GEAR AND WOULD GET THREE GREEN LIGHTS. AFTER A FEW SECONDS, THE TWO MAIN LIGHTS WOULD GO OUT.  THE GEAR WAS RECYCLED SEVERAL TIMES WHICH NEVER CORRECTED THE PROBLEM.   THE PILOT THEN PULLED THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER AND HAND CRANKED THE GEAR DOWN WITH THE SAME RESULTS.  THE PILOT RADIOED A SECOND PILOT WHO WAS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF AND ASKED HIM IF HE WOULD FLY ALONGSIDE THE AIRCRAFT AND LOOK AT THE LANDING GEAR.  THE SECOND PILOT SAID THAT THE GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN BUT THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR DOOR LOOKED LIKE IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY CLOSED.  THE PILOT THEN PROCEEDED TO LAND.  UPON LANDING AND HAVING ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 50 YARDS IT APPEARED THAT THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED.   WHEN THE PLANE STARTING TO VEER OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY THE SLIDE LOADED THE LEFT GEAR AND IT COLLAPSED AS WELL.  THE NO. 2 PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND BUT DID NOT STOP SPINNING.  MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT GEAR DOOR AND THE FOOT STAND WAS BENT NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED UNTIL AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED.  WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE HANGER, DAMAGE WAS DONE TO THE STRAP AREA WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED DURING TRANSIT.

AFTER MOVING THE AIRCRAFT TO A HANGER AND PLACING IT ON JACKS FOR TESTING, FURTHER INVESTIGATION DETERMINED THAT A DOWN LOCK LIMIT SWITCH AND OR DOWN LOCK RELAY ON THE RIGHT GEAR FAILED AND WOULD NOT ALLOW THE GEAR TO LOCK IN PLACE.  THE GEAR WOULD MOVE INTO AN OVER-CENTER POSITION NOT ALLOWING IT TO LOCK IN PLACE.

PILOT WAS NOT INJURED DURING THIS LANDING.  NO OTHER INJURIES REPORTED.

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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