- Date
- July 30, 1982, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marion, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5746MCessna 310P
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820730034739A
- Case key
- 71582
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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
The aircrafts right main landing gear collapsed during landing. The instructor and student were practicing touch and go landings when the accident occurred. Examination of the gear revealed the torque tube assembly (p/n 504-5010-8) was broken at the forward and rear ear. There was a pre-existing crack forward and the rear failed in tension. The torque tube had 5706 hours flight time.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5746M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310P
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 0046
- Airframe hours
- 5,706
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Southern Illinois University
- Registered owner
- Southern Illinois University
- Departed
- MWA · Marion, IL
- Destination
- MWA · Marion, IL
- Airport
- MWA · Williamson County, runway 2, 6,502 × 150 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
- 49
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 10,500 total · 630 in this make and model · 10,400 as pilot in command · 225 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 340° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 190 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.