- Date
- October 10, 1966
- Place
- Casper, WY · CASPER, WY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8900ZCessna 310G
- Status
- Completed · report April 19, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 120487
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4331 66/10/10 CASPER WYO CESSNA 310G CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1548 N8900Z PX- 0 0 1 AIR TAXI-PASSG AGE 49, 13895 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CASPER AIR TERM TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NOSE GEAR IDLER BELL CRANK FAILED AT AFT BOLT HOLE.BELL CRANK FORK BENT OUT OF ALIGNMENT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8900Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 310G
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Casper Air Term
N8900ZRegistration cancelled Jul 17, 2020 · Cessna 310GAirframe modelCessna 310GEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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Other investigations on N8900Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.