- Date
- March 7, 1980
- Place
- Mammoth Lakes, CA · MAMMOTH LAKES, CA
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8169MCessna 310I
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800307004989A
- Case key
- 131979
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0469 80/3/7 MAMMOTH LAKES,CA CESSNA 310I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 1212 TIME - 1555 N8169M PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAMMOTH LAKES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OXNARD,CA MAMMOTH LAKES,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- R MAIN LANDING GEAR SUPPORT FORGING,P/N 0822180-6,FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8169M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310I
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mammoth Lakes
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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.