- Date
- October 18, 1986, 12:48 local (16:48 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2638NCessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861018081789I
- Case key
- 31786
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on an on-demand air-taxi flight the pilot noted that at touchdown the rt main gear was collapsing. He executed a go-around and attempted to lower the gear manually, but could not. The pilot then shut down the right engine and feathered the right propeller and landed. The right gear collapsed upon landing roll. Examination revealed that the adjustable screw on the downlock brace failed in bending overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2638N
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R1664
- Airframe hours
- 1,175
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-BB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Chandelle Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 26, 1986 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- X04 · Orlando, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PBI · West Palm Beach, runway 9L, 7,989 × 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
- 25
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,130 total · 65 in this make and model · 1,920 as pilot in command · 285 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 14 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
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 N2638N · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.