- Date
- July 3, 1985, 21:45 local (Jul 4, 1985, 02:45 UTC)
- Place
- Carbondale, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1729KCessna 310D
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850703034029A
- Case key
- 13124
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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 acft was landing at dest arpt after a two hr xcountry flt. At gear ext no green light. Pilot recycled gear but still no light. Emergency ext used and three green indicated. On ld roll nose gear collapsed. Uplock arm tube was broken on the nose gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1729K
- Reported as
- Cessna 310D
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 39263
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- D.G. Hill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1985
- Departed
- PWK · Wheeling, IL
- Destination
- MDH · Carbondale, IL
- Airport
- MDH · Southern Illinois, runway 18, 5,801 × 100 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,300 total · 500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CGI, 37 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.