- Date
- April 7, 1982, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8039QCessna 310
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 7, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820407008369A
- Case key
- 72238
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
After takeoff a loud bang was heard during gear retraction. A fly by the tower confirmed that the nose gear was not in the locked position and all attempts to lock it failed. Touchdown was made on the main landing gear and after the airspeed dissipated to approximately 40 mph the nose settled to the runway. The aircraft slid for approximately 150 feet. The aircraft heater had been removed from the aircraft for overhaul. In order to facilitate the removal of the heater, the nose gear door linkages were disconnected. When reinstalling the linkage to the left gear door, the clevis pin was inserted through the linkage fork, but not through the center hinge eyebolt. This caused the left nose gear door to close prior to the nose gear entering the wheel well resulting in the retraction linkage to pull away from the attachment points.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8039Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0693
- Airframe hours
- 1,110
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Paul Steinhauser
- Registered owner
- Paul Steinhauser
- Departed
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Destination
- Latrobe, PA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- Allegheny, runway 31, 3,825 × 100 ft, asphalt
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,400 total · 188 in this make and model · 3,110 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 86 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.