# NTSB CHI82DA190: Cessna 310R, N3232M, Evansville, IN, May 25, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 25, 1982, 07:55 local (11:55 UTC)
- Place: Evansville, IN
- Location: 38.0408° N, 87.5285° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at EVANSVILLE RGNL (EVV), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0408&lon=-87.5285&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 25, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70630
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI82DA190
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70630/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82DA190

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - overload
  - planning/decision - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## Analysis

AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD TOUCHED DOWN FROM AN ILS APPROACH, TOWER PERSONNEL ASKED THE PILOT IF HE COULD MAKE THE FIRST TURNOFF. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED WHEN THE LANDING GEAR ROD ASSEMBLY, PN 0840125-15, FAILED. A METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE REVEALED INDICATIONS OF OVERLOAD. NO EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE WAS FOUND.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3232M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3232M-2019-11-04), registration cancelled 2019-11-04, S/N 310R1882, built 1980 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310R
- Registry model: [Cessna T310R](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-t310r) (registry code 2074246) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17040, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310R-1882
- Airframe hours: 450
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-520-MB 285 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Operator: Excel Foundry
- Registered owner: Excel Foundry
- Departed: C15, PEKIN, IL
- Destination: KNW, NEW STUYAWOK, AK
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: EVV, Evansville Dress Regional, runway 4, 8,021 × 150 ft, concrete

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 32; commercial, flight instructor, airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 7,300 total, 700 in this make and model, 7,110 as pilot in command, 105 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 70° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,500 ft overcast

## 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 19820525026849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820525026849A), May 25, 1982: Cessna 310R, Evansville, IN, Substantial damage. Indicates side load failed landing gear when pilot tried to make early turnoff after landing per tower request.

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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