- Date
- January 26, 1988, 13:06 local (19:06 UTC)
- Place
- Urbana, IL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5120JCessna T310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880126001399A
- Case key
- 14037
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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
After the aircraft experienced a complete electrical failure the gear was extended manually and a precautionary landing was made. On roll out the landing gear collapsed. Subsequent investigation revealed that 10 turns remained on the manual gear extension crank to place the landing gear in the down and locked position. No mechanical problem could be found to attribute to the loss of electrical power, other than a low battery condition as the entire electrical system functioned normally. Position of the battery switch and the left and right alternator switches at the time of the accident could not be verified.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5120J
- Reported as
- Cessna T310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0240
- Airframe hours
- 4,116
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Rhodes Aviation, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 1, 1987 · 27 hours before
- Departed
- SER · Seymour, IN
- Destination
- SPI · Springfield, IL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- C16 · Fra Sca Field, runway 28, 2,550 × 29 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,752 total · 95 in this make and model · 587 as pilot in command · 119 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 12 °F, dew point 10 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CMI, 8 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.