# NTSB DEN72FQA35: Cessna 310, N2615C, Albuquerque, NM, March 22, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: March 22, 1972
- Place: Albuquerque, NM · ALBUQUERQUE, NM
- Location: 35.0845° N, 106.6511° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Albuquerque, NM, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0845&lon=-106.6511&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 26, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 166384
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN72FQA35
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN72FQA35

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1404  72/3/22    ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX   CESSNA 310          CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1315                    N2615C              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  AGE 28, 1475 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            8 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ALAMEDA
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          DENVER,COLO                 ALBUQUERQUE,N MEX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED
        REMARKS- UPLOCK PUSH-PULL ROD(P/N 08941000-58) & R MN GR ACTUATOR TUBE ASSEMBLIES(P/N 08411354)BROKEN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2615C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2615C-1981-09-30), registration cancelled 1981-09-30, S/N 35015 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310
- Registry model: [Cessna 310](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310) (registry code 2074202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Alameda

## Other investigations on N2615C (3)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW79FPA06](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPA06), Dec 28, 1978: Cessna 310 (N2615C), Sherman, TX, substantial damage
- [NTSB DIA68D0196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA68D0196), Dec 29, 1967: Cessna 310 (N2615C), Grundy, VA, substantial damage
- [NTSB DIA67F0084](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DIA67F0084), Apr 8, 1967: Cessna 310 (N2615C), Grundy, VA, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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