- Date
- November 17, 1988, 21:30 local (Nov 18, 1988, 03:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Louis, MO
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8147MCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881117051139A
- Case key
- 34723
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Arriving over his destination airport, the pilot said he had an unsafe right main gear light indication. After circling about two hours to lighten the fuel load, and attempting to lower the gear by emergency procedures, a landing was attempted. After touchdown and during the roll out, the right gear collapsed about 3/4 down the runway, causing the acft to veer off the runway and sustain substantial damage. Post accident investigation revealed poor rigging of the gear retraction system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8147M
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310IO147
- Airframe hours
- 4,559
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-U, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Green, Richard M.
- Registered owner
- Green, Richard M.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 3, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- SGF · Springfield, MO
- Airport
- SUS · Spirit Of St. Louis, runway 8R, 6,008 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 19
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total · 140 in this make and model · 1,460 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 11,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 45 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SUS, 1 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.
Other investigations on N8147M · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.