- Date
- April 7, 1987, 17:29 local (21:29 UTC)
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7665QCessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870407023429I
- Case key
- 31792
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
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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
Landing gear,main gear attachment - bentCause
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,partialCause
Loss of control - on ground/water
Directional control - not possible
Analysis
During the landing roll the right main gear collapsed. Inspection of the acft by FAA personnel revealed that this was caused by a twisted torque tube which failed to fully extend the gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7665Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0444
- Airframe hours
- 4,157
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Rsvp USA,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Edward Rofes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 1, 1987 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- MYEH · Eleuthera Is., OF
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- FLL · Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood, runway 27L, 5,266 × 100 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
- 37
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,800 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 1,730 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FLL
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.