- Date
- June 1, 1992, 22:25 local (Jun 2, 1992, 02:25 UTC)
- Place
- Cleveland, OH
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N225SCCessna 310R
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920601018029A
- Case key
- 37151
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Probable cause
A failure of the left main gear's upper strut housing and down lock link assembly attach point.
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 executing a right turn onto the runway in preparation for departure and the left main landing gear collapsed. The top of the main gear strut housing and the upper side brace/down lock link assembly attachment point were found broken off. The airplane had just been returned to service following the collapse of the right main landing gear 6 months earlier. Both main landing gears were overhauled after the previous accident, and a 'serviceable upper strut housing' was installed in the left main landing gear.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N225SC
- Reported as
- Cessna 310R
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310R0189
- Airframe hours
- 12,933
- Engine
- Continental IO-520MB, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- U.S. Check, Inc.
- Registered owner
- F & V Leasing
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- AAIP · May 26, 1992 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- CMH · Columbus, OH
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- CLE · Cleveland Hopkins, runway 5, 8,998 × 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
- 28
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,200 total · 300 in this make and model · 4,100 as pilot in command · 300 in the last 90 days · 80 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °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.