- Date
- April 18, 1970
- Place
- New Castle, DE · NEW CASTLE, DE
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5852XCessna 310F
- Status
- Completed · report February 2, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130606
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1964 70/4/18 NEW CASTLE,DEL CESSNA 310F CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 8050 TIME - 1916 N5852X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 250 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GREATER WILMINGTN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GEORGETOWN,DEL NEW CASTLE,DEL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS REMARKS- L PUSH PULL UP-LOCK ROD ASSY BRKN.DEF MICRO-SWITCH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5852X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310F
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Greater Wilmingtn
N5852XRegistration cancelled Mar 31, 2026 · Cessna 310FAirframe modelCessna 310FEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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