- Date
- July 19, 1983, 18:57 local (22:57 UTC)
- Place
- Wheeling, WV
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3066LCessna 310
- Weather
- Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830719039019A
- Case key
- 6132
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During the apch, the plt was unable to get a safe down indication for the right main gear. He changed the light bulb & still did not get a safe indication. A tower flyby was made, but the tower operator was unable to confirm if the right gear was locked. To test the gear, the plt made a landing approach to the rwy & allowed the acft to touchdown momentarily. He recalled that the right side settled lower than the left side, so he burned off excess fuel, and decided to land with the other two gear down & locked. During the landing, the plt was unable to keep the acft on the rwy. It veered off the right side of the rwy, & after traveling aprx 2000 ft, it came to rest with the right main gear collapsed. An investigaiton indicated the right push-pull tube assy was bent from overload. Reportedly, no record was found in the maintenance log to show that the required 200 hr gear rig check was accomplished. The acft had 1999 hrs total flt time. The svc manual stated the gear may not fully extend if it is out of rig.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3066L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310J0066
- Airframe hours
- 1,999
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Daniel Haloszka
- Registered owner
- Ron Delvecchio
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 11, 1983 · 40 hours before
- Departed
- Ocean City, MD
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- HLG · Wheeling Ohio Co., runway 34, 4,499 × 150 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
- 36
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,547 total · 300 in this make and model · 2,400 as pilot in command · 143 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Day
- Wind
- 220° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,600 ft unknown
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HGC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3066L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.