# Incident 20170824017339I: Cessna T310Q, Marion, IL, August 24, 2017

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 2017, 11:52 local time
- Place: Marion, IL
- Airport: Williamson County Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7342° N, 88.9443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Marion, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7342&lon=-88.9443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7714Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7714Q-2018-05-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna T310Q (registry code 2074244, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA T310Q
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170824017339I

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 14, 2017, ABOUT 1312 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, CESSNA T310Q, N7714Q, PILOTED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, WAS DAMAGED WHEN THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT JUST PRIOR TO TURNING OFF THE RUNWAY 29 TO ENTER ONTO THE TAXI WAY AT MARION (MWA), ILLINOIS. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER ON BOARD THE AIRPLANE WERE NOT INJURED. THE PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS BEING CONDUCTED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MACOMB (MQB), ILLINOIS, AND WAS EN ROUTE TO MATTOON, (MTO), ILLINOIS.

THE PILOT INFORMED THE INSPECTOR THAT WHEN HE APPLIED THE BRAKE TO EXIT RUNWAY 29 HE FELT A VIBRATION AND THEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE LANDING GEAR, IT WAS FOUND ONE OF THE LINKS RELATED TO THE DOWN LOCK MECHANISM HAD INTERNAL CORROSION AT THE CONNECTING POINT LOCATED AT THE TOP OF THE LANDING GEAR STRUT APPEARED TO HAVE CORROSION; IDENTIFIED BY DISCOLORATION.

## Other reports on N7714Q (3)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20010308004929I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010308004929I), Mar 8, 2001: Cessna T310Q (N7714Q), Meridian, MS, Minor damage. (-23) Right main landing gear scissors came apart after a/c had landed and taxied on to parking ramp at Meridian aviation.
- [Incident 19941006044779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19941006044779I), Oct 6, 1994: Cessna T310Q (N7714Q), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Loud noise on gear retraction fly by showed nose gear in trail. Collapsed landing. Nose gear doors not connected.
- [Incident 19910116010479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910116010479I), Jan 16, 1991: Cessna T310Q (N7714Q), Spokane, WA, Minor damage. Landed nose gear up. Experienced nose landing gear bellcrank failure when landing gear was retracted on departure.

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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