# NTSB LAX75DVA42: Cessna 310L, N2240F, Bakersfield, CA, January 27, 1975

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 27, 1975
- Place: Bakersfield, CA · BAKERSFIELD, CA
- Location: 35.3733° N, 119.0187° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bakersfield, CA, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.3733&lon=-119.0187&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1975
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 170764
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX75DVA42
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX75DVA42

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-0076  75/1/27    BAKERSFIELD,CA      CESSNA 310L         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 57, 3398
        TIME - 2300                    N2240F              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1156 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOWS FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          FULLERTON,CA                BAKERSFIELD,CA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ELONGATED
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- RT LDG GEAR TORQUE TUBE ARM BOLT HOLES FOR RETRACT & EXTNSION ROD WORN OUT.PLT PARKING ACFT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2240F](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2240F), registered now, S/N 310L0040 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310L
- Registry model: [Cessna 310L](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310l) (registry code 2074230) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Meadows Field

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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