- Date
- March 9, 1989, 21:20 local (Mar 10, 1989, 05:20 UTC)
- Place
- Long Beach, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N4899BCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report March 29, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890309020649A
- Case key
- 26344
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Probable cause
The failure of the landing gear strut on the right main gear due to improper maintenance.
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
A Cessna 310 right main gear collapsed while taxiing off the runway at the lgb. The pilot reported that he felt a vibration during the initial takeoff roll and opted to abort the takeoff. As the pilot exited the runway the right main gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the airplane had been returned to service following an annual inspection and landing gear maintenace on March 03, 1989. Aircraftsman, a fixed base operator at the Long Beach airport had replaced all bushings and spacers in the main gear torque links. It was found that the torque link center attach bolt washer was under size, allowing the upper torque link to pull free from the lower torque link.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4899B
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35199
- Airframe hours
- 5,399
- Engine
- Continental IO-470B, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Ryan, William A.
- Registered owner
- William Ryan
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 3, 1989 · 2 hours before
- Airport
- Long Beach, runway 25R, 6,192 × 200 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
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,400 as pilot in command · 140 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 18 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.