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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 310L · Linden, NJ · July 23, 2016

Date
July 23, 2016 · 13:24 local
Place
Linden, NJ
Airport
Linden Airport
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3261X
NTSB investigation
NTSBERA16LA271
Reported as
Cessna 310L
Reported engine
Continental I0-470 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,660 total200 in this make and model5 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.

Pilotprivacy data omitted stated that prior to landing he had 3 green lights indicating all 3 landing gear were down and locked and he visually checked the nose gear down using the mirror installed on the left engine cowling for that purpose. He stated that on roll out the main landing gear collapsed while the nose landing gear remained extended. This made the aircraft difficult to control and keep on the runway. The aircraft came to rest half on and half off the runway damaging one runway light. The aircraft sustained a slight prop strike on the #2 engine. The main landing gear doors, tail and right elevator counter weight were damaged / scraped. There was evidence of the elevators being torqued into the fuselage causing scrape marks on both sides of the tail portion of the fuselage.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT PRIOR TO LANDING HE HAD 3 GREEN LIGHTS INDICATING ALL 3 LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN AND LOCKED AND HE VISUALLY CHECKED THE NOSE GEAR DOWN USING THE MIRROR INSTALLED ON THE LEFT ENGINE COWLING FOR THAT PURPOSE. HE STATED THAT ON ROLL OUT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE THE NOSE LANDING GEAR REMAINED EXTENDED. THIS MADE THE AIRCRAFT DIFFICULT TO CONTROL AND KEEP ON THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST HALF ON AND HALF OFF THE RUNWAY DAMAGING ONE RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED A SLIGHT PROP STRIKE ON THE #2 ENGINE. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR DOORS, TAIL AND RIGHT ELEVATOR COUNTER WEIGHT WERE DAMAGED / SCRAPED. THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF THE ELEVATORS BEING TORQUED INTO THE FUSELAGE CAUSING SCRAPE MARKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TAIL PORTION OF THE FUSELAGE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.