# Accident 20170901011169A: Cessna 310G, Broomfield, CO, September 1, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 1, 2017, 03:03 local time
- Place: Broomfield, CO
- Airport: Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Ai
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9089° N, 105.1172° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9089&lon=-105.1172&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8957Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8957Z-2020-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310G (registry code 2074218, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310g) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental I0-470 series (registry code 17027, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,842 total, 7,258 in this make and model, 49 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA340) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170901011169A

## Narrative

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

AS AIRCRAFT BEGAN TOUCH DOWN DURING A TOUCH AND GO LANDING THE PILOT FELT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD A "MUSHY FEELING" THE LEFT MAIN FELT STIFF AND SECURE AS DID THE NOSE GEAR. PILOT PERFORMED A GO AROUND, LANDING GEAR REMAINED DOWN FOR A SECOND TOUCH AND GO WITH THE SAME RESULTS. PILOT LEFT LANDING GEAR DOWN AND DEPARTED FOR HOME AIRPORT. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY LANDING GEAR SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND MANUALLY CRANKED THE LANDING GEAR UP AND THEN DOWN, "SYSTEM DID NOT FEEL RIGHT". PILOT FOUND LANDING GEAR MAIN BREAKER VERY HOT, SPARKS AND SMOKE CAME OUT FROM BREAKER PANEL. PILOT ELECTED TO GO TO ANOTHER AIRPORT THAT HAD A CONTROL TOWER TO GET A VISUAL OBSERVATION OF THE LANDING GEAR. THE TOWER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR DID NOT LOOK DOWN AND LOCKED, ANOTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AREA FLEW ALONG SIDE AND CONCURED THAT THE RIGHT MAIN DID NOT LOOK DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT FLEW OFF AS MUCH FUEL AS POSSIBLE AND THEN PERFORMED AND EMERGENCY LANDING AT THE TOWER CONTROLLED AIRPORT AND THE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED UPON LANDING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17LA340](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA340), Sep 1, 2017: Cessna 310G (N8957Z), Broomfield, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: A collapse of the right main landing gear due to a bent pushrod, which precluded the gear from fully extending. The reason for the bent pushrod could not be determined based on the available…

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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