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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 310R · Rome, GA · February 20, 2017

Date
February 20, 2017 · 18:00 local
Place
Rome, GA
Airport
Richard B. Russell
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N126TM
Reported as
Cessna 310R
Reported engine
Continental IO-520-M
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,978 total30 in this make and model50 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 February 20, 2017, about 1800 eastern standard time, a 1977 Cessna 310R, N126TM, was performing a traffic pattern approach at Rome, Georgia airport (krmg) when the left main landing gear collapsed on landing during roll out. There were two individuals on board as pilot privacy data omitted was receiving flight training to prepare for his multi-engine check ride. The airplane sustained minor damaged and no injuries were reported. The airplane was registered to a private individual and was operated by the pilot under the provisions of 14 CFR part 91 as a personal training flight. Day, visual meteorological conditions prevailed.

During an interview with the pilot he stated that he had just purchased the aircraft following a pre-purchase inspection and annual from a maintenance facility located in Louisiana. The pilot stated that he was receiving flight instruction from a CFI and they had just finished performing traffic pattern work as they were landing on runway 1. The reported winds were calm with a stable approach with VMC conditions. As the plane was rolling out on centerline about 30 feet from the taxiway turn off, the left main gear collapsed. They were travelling at a speed of about 20 knots with light breaking and had reached 5000? Down the 6000? Runway when the incident occurred. The left wing tip and propeller dug into the pavement leaving witness marks. A verification of the landing gear indicator showed fully down with 3 green lights and no red light. An emergency shutdown checklist was performed as all electrical and fuel was turned off. The fire department responded and observed no fire or injuries and did not deploy foam or flame retardant. At the guidance of the FAA the aircraft was lifted and secured as it was transported to a maintenance hangar until further evaluation.

As the FAA filed it

ON FEBRUARY 20, 2017, ABOUT 1800 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A 1977 CESSNA 310R, N126TM, WAS PERFORMING A TRAFFIC PATTERN APPROACH AT ROME, GEORGIA AIRPORT (KRMG) WHEN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING DURING ROLL OUT. THERE WERE TWO INDIVIDUALS ON BOARD AS PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT TRAINING TO PREPARE FOR HIS MULTI-ENGINE CHECK RIDE. THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. THE AIRPLANE WAS REGISTERED TO A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL AND WAS OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91 AS A PERSONAL TRAINING FLIGHT. DAY, VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED.

DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT HE STATED THAT HE HAD JUST PURCHASED THE AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING A PRE-PURCHASE INSPECTION AND ANNUAL FROM A MAINTENANCE FACILITY LOCATED IN LOUISIANA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE WAS RECEIVING FLIGHT INSTRUCTION FROM A CFI AND THEY HAD JUST FINISHED PERFORMING TRAFFIC PATTERN WORK AS THEY WERE LANDING ON RUNWAY 1. THE REPORTED WINDS WERE CALM WITH A STABLE APPROACH WITH VMC CONDITIONS. AS THE PLANE WAS ROLLING OUT ON CENTERLINE ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE TAXIWAY TURN OFF, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THEY WERE TRAVELLING AT A SPEED OF ABOUT 20 KNOTS WITH LIGHT BREAKING AND HAD REACHED 5000? DOWN THE 6000? RUNWAY WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED. THE LEFT WING TIP AND PROPELLER DUG INTO THE PAVEMENT LEAVING WITNESS MARKS. A VERIFICATION OF THE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED FULLY DOWN WITH 3 GREEN LIGHTS AND NO RED LIGHT. AN EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN CHECKLIST WAS PERFORMED AS ALL ELECTRICAL AND FUEL WAS TURNED OFF. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED AND OBSERVED NO FIRE OR INJURIES AND DID NOT DEPLOY FOAM OR FLAME RETARDANT. AT THE GUIDANCE OF THE FAA THE AIRCRAFT WAS LIFTED AND SECURED AS IT WAS TRANSPORTED TO A MAINTENANCE HANGAR UNTIL FURTHER EVALUATION.