- Date
- September 8, 1977
- Place
- Doylestown, PA · DOYLESTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N310WCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770908026309A
- Case key
- 145718
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2529 77/9/8 DOYLESTOWN,PA CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 2530 TIME - 1800 N310W PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 2000 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOYLESTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST CHESTER,PA DOYLESTOWN,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- WASHER, P/N 0841000-70 MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310W
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Doylestown
N310WRegistration cancelled Jan 17, 2018 · Cessna 310Airframe modelCessna 310Engine modelContinental O-470 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.