- Date
- July 10, 1990, 22:50 local (Jul 11, 1990, 02:50 UTC)
- Place
- Mansfield, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3463GCessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900710030399A
- Case key
- 36706
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Probable cause
An unavoidable collision with a deer while taking off which bent the drag brace and prevented it from locking. Factors related to the accident were the night conditions which reduced the pilots visibility to the illuminated area of the landing lights.
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
The pilot was taking off at night and a deer became visible in his lights. He attempted to rotate enough to miss the animal, however was unsuccessful and struck it with the right main landing gear. The green light went out on the landing gear and the airplane diverted to a airport with long runways. During landing rollout, the right main landing gear collapsed and the airplane swerved off the runway. The FAA reported the drag brace on the right landing gear was bent and the landing gear would not lock in the down position.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3463G
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0843
- Engine
- Continental IO-520, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Urban Industries, Inc
- Departed
- DFI · Defiance, OH
- Destination
- MFD · Mansfield, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MFK · Mansfield Lahm, runway 14, 9,000 × 150 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
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 13,043 total · 1,897 in this make and model · 11,407 as pilot in command · 149 in the last 90 days · 52 in the last 30 days · 33 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.