# NTSB NYC67D0310: Cessna 310H, N234KC, Purchase, NY, September 27, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: September 27, 1966
- Place: Purchase, NY · PURCHASE, NY
- Location: 41.0409° N, 73.7146° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Purchase, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0409&lon=-73.7146&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 15, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 120414
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC67D0310
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC67D0310

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3885  66/9/27    PURCHASE NY         CESSNA 310H         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 8690
        TIME - 2054                    N234KC              PX-  0  0  1  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 1139 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WESTCHESTER
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- UPLOCK TORQUE TUBE FAILED. NOSE GEAR WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N234KC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310H
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Westchester

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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