- Date
- November 10, 1999, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N310GCCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 30, 2000
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19991110043339A
- Case key
- 47739
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Probable cause
The failure of the left main landing gear down locking mechanism for undetermined reasons.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot had completed a local personal flight and was on taxiway 'C,' and was returning to the parking ramp, when without warning the left main landing gear collapsed. Examination of the airplane and the landing gear assembly showed that the left main landing gear down-lock end fitting assembly and the retention bolt had broken. The landing gear examination of the locking linkage failed to establish installation specification prior to the accident. A visual examination of the failed bolt assembly also failed to disclose pre-existing cracking in the bolt structure. A review of the maintenance logbooks revealed that recent maintenance had been performed on the landing gear assembly 18 hours before the accident.
Factual narrative
On November 10, 1999, at 1730 eastern standard time, a Cessna 310Q, N310GC, collided with the taxiway after the landing gear down-lock bolt failed at Craig Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The personal flight was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91 with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The airplane sustained substantial damage, and the private pilot was not injured. The flight departed Jacksonville, Florida, at 1635.
The pilot had completed a local personal flight and was on taxiway "C," returning to the parking ramp, when without warning the left main landing gear collapsed.
Examination of the airplane and the landing gear assembly showed that the left main landing gear down-lock end fitting assembly and the retention bolt had broken. The landing gear examination of the locking linkage failed to establish installation specification prior to the accident. A visual examination of the failed bolt assembly also failed to disclose pre-existing cracking in the bolt structure. A review of the maintenance logbooks revealed that recent maintenance had been performed on the landing gear assembly 18 hours before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310GC
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q-838
- Airframe hours
- 4,100
- Engine
- Continental TIO-520-MB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert J. Kleinhans
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 31, 1999 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- CRG
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Airport, runway 5, 4,000 × 100 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 200 in this make and model · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.