# NTSB MIA88LA054: Cessna 310F, N317L, Opa Locka, FL, December 5, 1987

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: December 5, 1987, 11:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place: Opa Locka, FL
- Coordinates: 25.909324, -80.269836 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.9093&lon=-80.2698&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 14, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32104
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA054
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32104/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA054

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,gear locking mechanism - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE THREE TOUCH & GO LANDINGS & ON THE FOURTH LANDING, WHILE ON ROLLOUT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWNLOCK ROD BROKE ALLOWING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N317L](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N317L), registered now, S/N 310-0126, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310F
- Registry model: [Cessna 310F](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310f) (registry code 2074216) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3100126
- Airframe hours: 4156
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Instructional, Part 91
- Operator: Airways Charter, Inc.
- Registered owner: Airways Charter Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, April 10, 1987, 94 hours before
- Airport: OPF, Opa Locka, runway 36R, 4,374 × 244 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 27; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; flight hours: 400 total, 29 in this make and model, 100 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 320° at 13 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 61 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: TMB, 6 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19871205070509A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871205070509A), Dec 5, 1987: Cessna 310F, Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing during an FAA certificate rating flight check. Downlock rod had broken.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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