- Date
- September 24, 1969
- Place
- Reading, PA · READING, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3319XCessna 310L
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 160640
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3612 69/9/24 READING,PA CESSNA 310L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1748 N3319X PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 27, 2965 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 248 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - READING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP KUTZTOWN,PA PHILADELPHIA,PA READING,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- AN25-50A BOLT FAILED.DRG RETRACT NOSE WHEEL,NOT STRAIGHT,JAMMED AGAINST GR DOORS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3319X
- Reported as
- Cessna 310L
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Reading
N3319XRegistration cancelled Jul 9, 2013 · Cessna 310LAirframe modelCessna 310LEngine modelContinental I0-470 series
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.