- Date
- May 14, 1982, 13:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Allendale, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1831HCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 14, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820514015829A
- Case key
- 69739
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot reported that before landing, the landing gear indicators showed that all gear were down and locked. However, on the landing roll-out, the left main gear collapsed as the nosewheel was lowered to the runway. Subsequently, the left wing, left propeller, and left elevator were damaged. When tested, the landing gear extension/retraction mechanism operated normally. However the left landing gear side brace link was found to be improperly adjusted. According to a manual for this aircraft, the side brace link should require 50 lbs to move it out of the locked position. However, the link could be moved with light finger pressure, estimated less than 5 lbs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1831H
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35931
- Airframe hours
- 5,741
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Lonnie O. Browning
- Registered owner
- Browning Aviation Services
- Departed
- 88J · Allendale, SC
- Destination
- 88J · Allendale, SC
- Airport
- 88J · Allendale County, runway 17, 3,200 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 22,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.