- Date
- March 6, 1983, 11:22 local (19:22 UTC)
- Place
- San Jose, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1884HCessna 310C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830306008419A
- Case key
- 23631
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The plt reported that when he was taking off, he heard a noise, during gear retraction, that sounded to him like an explosion & the gear-up light did not illuminate. He then tried to extend the gear, but was unable to get a safe-down indication. He was able to fully extend the main gear, but got only a partial extension of the nose gear. The plt declared an emergency & made an apch to rwy 13. During the landing, the acft touched down short of the rwy. Reportedly, it rolled onto the rwy & the main gear collapsed. An exam revealed that the nosewheel centering cam roller & attaching stud, pn CR-10-1, was broken off & part of the stud was missing. The remaining portion of the stud was found to have broken off at the stud receptacle on the steering yoke support. Aprx 1/2 of the fracture area was rusty. The remainder of the fracture was a shiny silver color & appear to be a recent fracture.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1884H
- Reported as
- Cessna 310C
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35984
- Airframe hours
- 4,745
- Engine
- Continental IO-470, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald W. Randle
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 17, 1982
- Airport
- RHV · Reid-Hillview, runway 13R, 3,100 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 59
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,900 total · 904 in this make and model · 12,600 as pilot in command · 13 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RHV
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N1884H · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.