# NTSB ATL83LA368: Cessna 310J, N3199L, Birmingham, AL, September 11, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 11, 1983, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place: Birmingham, AL
- Location: 33.5639° N, 86.7523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BIRMINGHAM-SHUTTLESWORTH INTL (BHM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5639&lon=-86.7523&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6204
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA368
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6204/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA368

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction, approach - vfr pattern - downwind
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,total (cause)
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - binding(mechanical) (cause)
- Complete gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3199L-2012-03-12), registration cancelled 2012-03-12, S/N 310J0199, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Registry model: [Cessna 310J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (registry code 2074226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (registry code 17032, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310J0199
- Airframe hours: 3498
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 31; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830911048589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830911048589A), Sep 11, 1983: Cessna 310J, Birmingham, AL, Substantial damage. Pilot was unable to lower gear. Made gear up landing.

## Other investigations on N3199L (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC75DER11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DER11), Aug 2, 1974: Cessna 310J (N3199L), Austin, MN, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.