- Date
- April 25, 1986, 20:10 local (Apr 26, 1986, 01:10 UTC)
- Place
- Opa Locka, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N216YCessna 310L
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860425018789A
- Case key
- 31613
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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 right main landing gear collapsed on the landing rollout, after which the acft slid off the right side of the rwy & came to rest on the grass. Post crash examination of the landing gear retract system revealed that the right main gear retract push pull rod failed at the rod end due to lack of proper lubrication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N216Y
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310L-0043
- Airframe hours
- 4,592
- Engine
- Continental I0-470-V, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rjr Associates
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 10, 1985
- Departed
- TMB · Tamiami, FL
- Airport
- OPF · Opa Locka, runway 9L, 8,002 × 150 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
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 359 total · 79 in this make and model · 270 as pilot in command · 14 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MIA, 7 nm away
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 N216Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.