# NTSB OAK66F0042: Cessna 310C, N1844H, San Francisco, CA, July 12, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: July 12, 1965
- Place: San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 7, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 176959
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66F0042
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66F0042

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1960  65/7/12    SAN FRANCISCO CAL   CESSNA 310C         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE
        TIME - 1620                    N1844H              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  44, 5697 TOTAL HOURS, 51
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO INT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          LDG GR-OVERLOAD FAILURE OF THE NOSE GEAR DRIVE ROD
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOW FLUID LEVEL
        REMARKS- NOSE GEAR STRUT LOW ON FLUID,JAMMED ON WELL DOOR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1844H](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1844H-2017-10-28), registration cancelled 2017-10-28, S/N 35944, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310C
- Registry model: [Cessna 310C](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310c) (registry code 2074210) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: San Francisco Int

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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