- Date
- September 11, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Birmingham, AL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3199LCessna 310J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830911048589A
- Case key
- 6204
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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 acft landing gear collapsed during landing. An FAA inspector said the gear made grinding noises when extended. During a fly-by the left gear door appeared to be jammed. Reportedly the landing gear transmission assembly failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3199L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310J0199
- Airframe hours
- 3,498
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-D27, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Austin Hinds
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 10, 1983 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 8A0 · Albertville, AL
- Airport
- BHM · Birmingham, runway 23, 10,000 × 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,367 total · 50 in this make and model · 99 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- 180° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BHM
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 N3199L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.