- Date
- April 10, 1981
- Place
- Elmendorf Afb, AK · ELMENDORF AFB, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5215GCessna 310E
- Status
- Completed · report May 6, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810410018599A
- Case key
- 126641
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0527 81/4/10 ELMENDORF AFB,AK CESSNA 310E CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 1522 TIME - 2023 N5215G PX- 0 0 2 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 87 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ELMENDORF AFB,AK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FAIRBANKS,AK ELMENDORF AFB,AK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WHEEL WELL DOORS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY REMARKS- R NOSE GEAR DOOR CAME LOOSE,GEAR HIT DOOR,NOSEWHEEL RETRACT BELLCRANK FAILED.RETAINING PIN MISSING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5215G
- Reported as
- Cessna 310E
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Elmendorf Afb,Ak
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.