- Date
- July 4, 1973
- Place
- Ruston, LA · RUSTON, LA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2606CCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730704019779A
- Case key
- 189784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1594 73/7/4 RUSTON,LA CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 53, 1400 TIME - 1655 N2606C PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 600 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RUSTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUSTON,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRICTION,EXCESSIVE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- L GR DWN LOCK DID NOT GO OVER CNTR WHEN A/C RAISED-RUST-DIRT ON LOCK MECHSM-A/C FLEW 9HRS IN 5 MO.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2606C
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ruston
N2606CRegistration cancelled Sep 25, 2014 · Cessna 310Airframe modelCessna 310Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.