- Date
- June 20, 1965
- Place
- Leesburg, VA · LEESBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N295CCessna 310B
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177574
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1761 65/6/20 LEESBURG VA CESSNA 310B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 1300 TIME - 1030 N295C PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 65 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GODFREY TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- RIGHT GEAR TORQUE TUBE ASSEMBLY FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N295C
- Reported as
- Cessna 310B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Godfrey
N295CRegistration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Cessna 310BAirframe modelCessna 310BEngine modelContinental O-470 series
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Other investigations on N295C · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB FTW88LA133Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRuston, LABoth airplanes were in the traffic pattern. The Cessna 152 made radio calls in the blind; the Cessna 310 did not. Both airplanes were on final at the same time with the 152 in the lead and the 310 lower. The 310 passed the 152 just before touchdown. The 310…NTSB MIA65F0062Accident · No injuriesClosedKey West, FL