- Date
- June 6, 1991, 17:52 local (22:52 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3337XCessna 310L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910606020439A
- Case key
- 15087
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Probable cause
The improper installation of a bearing by maintenance personnel.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The right main remained retracted when the gear were selected down, and the pilot landed on two wheels. Examination of the hung gear showed an external lock ring on the strut piston assembly had unseated, allowing the strut to overextend and jam in its well. The inner bearing which mounts next to the lock ring groove was installed backwards. The opposite landing gear had the same inverse installation. Both inner bearings were new parts installed during accomplishment of an airworthiness directive 5 days before the accident. The manufacturer's service manual provides instructions for the correct orientation of the inner bearings.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3337X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310L0187
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward C. Hartung
- Registered owner
- Edward C. Hartung
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 1, 1991 · 6 hours before
- Departed
- 28J · Palatka, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- FWA · Fort Wayne Muni, runway 5, 12,000 × 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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,696 total · 25 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FWA, 1 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.