# NTSB MKC85LA011: Cessna 310J, N3074L, Chanute, KS, October 31, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: October 31, 1984, 14:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Chanute, KS
- Coordinates: 37.669631, -95.480659 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.6696&lon=-95.4807&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33881
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC85LA011
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33881/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC85LA011

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. EXAMINATION OF THE ACFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT REVEALED SEVERAL MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES. THE ONLY GEAR RELATED PROBLEM NOTED WAS THE LANDING GEAR LIMIT SWITCHES WERE OUT OF ADJUSTMENT BUT IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED WHETHER THIS WAS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N3074L](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3074L-2015-05-13), registration cancelled 2015-05-13, S/N 310J0074, built 1965 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310J
- Registry model: [Cessna 310J](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310j) (registry code 2074226) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 310J0074
- Airframe hours: 3260
- Engines: CONTINENTAL IO-470-U 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: James Carl Culwell
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, July 2, 1985, 46 hours before
- Departed: TXK, TEXARKANA, AR
- Airport: CNU, Martin Johnson, runway 18, 4,256 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 47; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: left; flight hours: 860 total, 527 in this make and model, 607 as pilot in command, 47 in the last 90 days, 2 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 160° at 16 knots
- Visibility: 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: CNU

## 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 19841031059389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841031059389A), Oct 31, 1984: Cessna 310J, Chanute, KS, Substantial damage. Left landing gear collapsed after landing. Several items concerning electrical and gear actuating systems suspect.

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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