- Date
- October 28, 1967
- Place
- Crystal, MN · CRYSTAL, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N659RCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 112977
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4236 67/10/28 CRYSTAL,MINN CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1181 TIME - 0937 N659R PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 77 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: EMERGENCY/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- NDG GEAR SYSTEM OUT OF RIG DUE TO DISTORTION OF NOSE GEAR ASSEMBLY.PREVENTED LOCKING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N659R
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal
N659RRegistration cancelled Feb 13, 2013 · Cessna 310Airframe modelCessna 310Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.