# NTSB LAX74FUM15: Cessna 310D, N488SS, San Diego, CA, December 18, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 18, 1973
- Place: San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 1, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187445
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX74FUM15
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74FUM15

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3929  73/12/18   SAN DIEGO,CALIF     CESSNA 310D         CR-  0  0  2  INSTRUCTIONAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 2145                    N488SS              PX-  0  0  0  DUAL                      AGE 26, 1422 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            87 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BROWN FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          SAN DIEGO,CALIF             SAN DIEGO,CALIF
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
        REMARKS- L GR COLLAPSED. PUSH-PULL TUBE ASSY BENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N488SS](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N488SS-2018-05-30), registration cancelled 2018-05-30, S/N 39212, built 1960 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310D
- Registry model: [Cessna 310D](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310d) (registry code 2074212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Brown Field

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19731218039969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731218039969A), Dec 18, 1973: Cessna 310D, San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. L gr collapsed. Push-pull tube assy bent.

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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