CHI68D0434

NTSB accident investigation · Cessna 310 · Sugar Grove, IL · November 9, 1967

Accident · No injuriesClosed
Date
November 9, 1967
Place
Sugar Grove, IL · SUGAR GROVE, IL
Injuries
1 uninjured
Damage
Substantial damage
Phase of flight
Landing
Aircraft
N8181MCessna 310
Status
Completed · report January 9, 1968
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
112704

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NTSB brief

NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3896   67/11/9   SUGAR GROVE,ILL     CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 1600
        TIME - 1525                    N8181M              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1100 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AURORA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR UPLOCK TORQUE TUBE P/N 0813300-46.

Aircraft

Registration
N8181M
Reported as
Cessna 310
Category
Airplane
Engine
reciprocating
Damage
Substantial damage
Airport
Aurora

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.