# Accident 20181122025269A: Cessna 310R, Linden, NJ, November 22, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 22, 2018, 10:25 local time
- Place: Linden, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.6273° N, 74.2363° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Linden, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.6273&lon=-74.2363&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5464J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5464J-2019-11-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 310R (registry code 2074245, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 536 total, 12 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20181122025269A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AT LINDEN AIRPORT AT LOCAL TIME OF 22:25. AIRCRAFT STOPPED THREE QUARTERS DOWN RUNWAY ON  BELLY. NO INJURIES. DURING THE INVESTIGATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE GEAR DOORS WERE CLOSED SHOWING NO SIGNS OF BEING COLLAPSED. THE GEAR CIRCUIT BREAKER WAS POPPED AND THE GEAR HANDLE WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. WHEN THE BATTERY WAS TURNED ON, ALL GEAR BULBS LIT RED.

THE RUNWAY HAS SIGNS OF BELLY HITTING GROUND FIRST AND SCRAPES FOLLOW TO RESTING POINT.

WAS A LATE LANDING, PILOT STATED HE PUT GEAR DOWN AND IT COLLAPSED, WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS RAISED OFF RAMP, THE LANDING GEAR WORKED WITH NO ISSUES. NO BENT PARTS OF SIGNS OF FAILURE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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