# Incident 20240827022389I: Cessna 310R, Gaithersburg, MD, August 27, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2024, 14:45 local time
- Place: Gaithersburg, MD
- Airport: Montgomery County Airpark
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.1683° N, 77.1660° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MONTGOMERY COUNTY AIRPARK (GAI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.1683&lon=-77.1660&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87220, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87220-2026-01-10) (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: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240827022389I

## Narrative

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

ON NORMAL TOUCHDOWN RUNWAY 14, ON ROLLOUT THE RIGHT (STARBOARD) GEAR COLLAPSED AT LOW SPEED; AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND ONTO THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY; MINOR BUCKLING OF THE STARBOARD (RIGHT) WING SKIN SURFACE; RIGHT ENGINE PROP CURLED; RIGHT LANDING GEAR LINKAGE ATTACHMENT HARDWARE SNAPPED IN HALF

## Other reports on N87220 (1)

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

- [Incident 19950429014669I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950429014669I), Apr 29, 1995: Cessna 310R (N87220), Louisville, KY, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed turning onto taxiway. Trunnions had been shimmed swage pin came out. Recent maintenance.

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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