# NTSB CHI69D0374: Cessna 310C, N1883H, Wheeling, IL, November 23, 1968

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 23, 1968
- Place: Wheeling, IL · WHEELING, IL
- Location: 42.1277° N, 87.9210° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wheeling, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1277&lon=-87.9210&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 17, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 107272
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI69D0374
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI69D0374

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-4034  68/11/23   WHEELING,ILL        CESSNA 310C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 52, 2164
        TIME - 1030                    N1883H              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1379 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - PAL-WAUKEE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BUCKLED
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- LT MAIN GR RETRACT ROD BUCKLED.CAUSED BY ACFT TOUCHING DOWN WHILE GR WAS IN TRANSIT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1883H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1883H-1971-07-13), registration cancelled 1971-07-13, S/N 35983 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Registry model: [Cessna 310C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (registry code 2074210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Pal-Waukee

## Other investigations on N1883H (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 DEN71FTE05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN71FTE05), Apr 28, 1971: Cessna 310C (N1883H), Denver, CO, destroyed

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.

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