- Date
- April 8, 1985, 11:04 local (16:04 UTC)
- Place
- Shelbyville, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5471ACessna 310B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850408013979A
- Case key
- 13039
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
When the gear was extended during the apch, a down & locked indication was not obtained. The plt made several attempts to lock the gear down, using both the electrical & manual systems, but was unable. After touchdown, the right main gear collapsed. The acft then went off the right side of the rwy & the right horizontal stabilizer hit a rwy light. An exam revealed that the retraction/extension torque tube to the right main gear was bent & sheared, thus preventing full extension of the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5471A
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35671
- Airframe hours
- 3,840
- Engine
- Continental O-470-M, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Fred Kuhling
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 5, 1984
- Departed
- I67 · Harrison, OH
- Airport
- 3SM · Shelbyville Mun., runway 18, 3,737 × 50 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,973 total · 42 in this make and model · 1,813 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5471A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.