- Date
- September 9, 2005, 17:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Boscobel, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N75SMCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 20, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Milwaukee, WI FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050909024709A
- Case key
- 62469
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Probable cause
The pilot's misjudged distance/altitude which resulted in an undershoot. A related factor was the pilot's diverted attention due to the open cabin door.
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 airplane experienced a main gear collapse following an undershoot landing. The pilot was returning to land after the aircraft's entry door opened on takeoff. The inspector stated the airplane touched down on sandy soil approximately 30 feet prior to the approach end of runway 25. He stated the right main gear cocked sideways when the airplane contacted the runway which was approximately 3 inches higher then the terrain. The airplane continued onto the runway and the right main gear collapsed approximately 400 feet past the approach end of the runway. The airplane then traveled off the right side of the runway where it came to rest.
Factual narrative
On September 9, 2005, at 1730 central daylight time, a Cessna 310Q, N75SM, experienced a main gear collapse following an undershoot landing on runway 25 (5,000 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) at the Boscobel Airport (OVS), Boscobel, Wisconsin. The private pilot was not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The flight originated from OVS at approximately 1725.
According to an inspector from the Federal Aviation Administration Milwaukee Flight Standards District Office, the pilot was returning to land at OVS after the aircraft's entry door opened on takeoff. The inspector stated the airplane touched down on sandy soil approximately 30 feet prior to the approach end of runway 25. He stated the right main gear cocked sideways when the airplane contacted the runway which was approximately 3 inches higher then the terrain. The airplane continued onto the runway and the right main gear collapsed approximately 400 feet past the approach end of the runway. The airplane then traveled off the right side of the runway where it came to rest.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75SM
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0448
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-E, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Samuel F. Hutchinson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- Boscobel, WI
- Destination
- Boscobel, WI
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
- 62
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Flight hours
- 1,788 total · 386 in this make and model · 8 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.