- Date
- September 15, 1988, 16:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Washington, DC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N87297Cessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880915039049A
- Case key
- 11439
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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
During the landing roll the left main landing gear collapsed. The acft continued to roll and came to a stop on taxiway 'k'. Inspection revealed that the push-pull rod assembly, p/n 0840125-15, failed allowing the gear to collapse. The purpose of the rod is to maintain pressure on the brace assembly to keep the gear in the locked position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87297
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0506
- Airframe hours
- 3,786
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-M, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Calypso Airways
- Registered owner
- Wye Air Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · August 9, 1988 · 41 hours before
- Departed
- ESN · Easton, MD
- Airport
- DCA · National, runway 33, 5,200 × 200 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
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 35 in this make and model · 2,200 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 45 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
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 N87297 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.