- Date
- January 11, 1982, 17:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Auburn, AL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N424VWCessna 310L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820111002389A
- Case key
- 69839
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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 tookoff from north huntsville on a runway that was wet from melted snow. After takeoff, the gear would not retract, so he returned and landed. A mechanic found ice on the anti-retraction switch on the left main gear. A ground heater was used to melt the ice and the switch was cleaned. Another takeoff was made and the gear retracted normally. During arrival at the destination, the nose gear would extend only about half-way. The pilot was unable to extend and lock the nose gear with either normal or emergency systems. He touched down on the main gear with the propellers feathered. Damage was confined to the propellers and the nose section. An inspection revealed that the tube assembly, pn 0840125-4, was bowed and broken.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N424VW
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310-0141
- Airframe hours
- 3,000
- Engine
- Continental IO-470V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Victor W. Ruwe
- Registered owner
- Victor W. Ruwe
- Departed
- Huntsville, AL
- Destination
- Auburn, AL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- AVO · Auburn/Opelika, runway 18, 3,945 × 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
- 46
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 3,107 total · 800 in this make and model · 2,975 as pilot in command · 46 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 88 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.