# NTSB SEA77FYC11: Cessna 310B, N5455A, Orchards, WA, December 19, 1976

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 19, 1976
- Place: Orchards, WA · ORCHARDS, WA
- Location: 45.6890° N, 122.5306° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orchards, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.6890&lon=-122.5306&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 8, 1977
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 156679
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA77FYC11
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA77FYC11

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3804  76/12/19   ORCHARDS,WA         CESSNA 310B         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 28, 274
        TIME - 1530                    N5455A              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 120 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SCHOLLS
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          ORCHARDS,WA                 LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        FACTOR(S)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL)
        REMARKS- UNSAFE IND,WHEELS DOWN.R MLG COLLAPSED.BRG,P/N HSBG-5S,CAME OUT OF PUSH-PULL TUBE,P/N 0840125-6.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5455A](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5455A-2012-09-20), registration cancelled 2012-09-20, S/N 35655, built 1958 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310B
- Registry model: [Cessna 310B](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310b) (registry code 2074208) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Scholls

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19761219040639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761219040639A), Dec 19, 1976: Cessna T310R, Orchards, WA, Substantial damage. Unsafe ind,wheels down.r MLG collapsed. Brg,p/n hsbg-5S,came out of push-pull tube,p/n 0840125-6.

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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