- Date
- January 14, 1984, 19:40 local (Jan 15, 1984, 02:40 UTC)
- Place
- Tucson, AZ
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8926ZCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840114000759A
- Case key
- 24143
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The right main landing gear collapsed as the acft was being taxied to the ramp. The plt reported that the acft was traveling about 30 mph during entry into the taxi turn-off area at the time of the accident. Failure occurred in theright rear trunion pin.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8926Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 026
- Engine
- Continental I0-470D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Emmett W. Mcafee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- P04 · Bisbee, AZ
- Destination
- TUS · Tucson, AZ
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
- 30
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 50 in this make and model · 1,470 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N8926Z · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.