- Date
- June 29, 1987, 17:19 local (21:19 UTC)
- Place
- Sarasota, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3120LCessna 310J
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870629063309I
- Case key
- 31798
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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
During the landing roll the rt main landing gear collapsed after which the acft slid off the rwy, collided with a taxiway light & came to rest. Insp of the rt main landing gear revealed that the downlock spring failed which prevented the gear from fully extending &, as a result, the gear collapsed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3120L
- Reported as
- Cessna 310J
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310J0120
- Airframe hours
- 3,186
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- George J. Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1987 · 35 hours before
- Departed
- Madison, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- SRQ · Sarasota-Bradenton, runway 22, 5,006 × 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
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.