- Date
- October 12, 1977
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN · EDEN PRAIRIE, MN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8917ZCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report January 30, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771012040229A
- Case key
- 144712
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3822 77/10/12 EDEN PRAIRIE,MN CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1725 N8917Z PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING AGE 30, 3375 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 108 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FLYING CLOUD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDEN PRAIRIE,MN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: SWITCHES,LEVERS,CRANKING MECHANISM,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - STUCK FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SIMULATED CONDITIONS REMARKS- LDG GR MICRO SW STUCK,RESULTED IN FALSE COCKPIT INDICATIONS.PRACTICE MANUAL GR EXTENSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8917Z
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Flying Cloud
N8917ZRegistration cancelled May 18, 2007 · Cessna 310GAirframe modelCessna 310GEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.