- Date
- August 5, 1984, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Key Largo, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3623DCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840805037869A
- Case key
- 31166
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Gear down and locked - not attained
Remedial action - attempted
Landing gear,main gear - undeterminedCause
Analysis
Plt stated gear was lowered for landing but down & locked light did not illuminate. Gear was recycled and as observed through an outside mirror, plt stated gear appeared down. Following touchdown and a 75 ft ground roll the rt main gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3623D
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 35323
- Airframe hours
- 5,000
- Engine
- Continental O-470, 240 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Robert G. Etter
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 7, 1984 · 9 hours before
- Departed
- APF · Naples, FL
- Airport
- XO9 · Ocean Reef Club
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 789 total · 195 in this make and model · 647 as pilot in command · 29 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 100° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 30 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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