- Date
- August 11, 1983, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Spokane, WA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N69604Cessna 310Q
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830811040579A
- Case key
- 39752
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While landing with a slight left x-wind, the plt purposely touched down on the left main gear first. Momentarily after touching down on the other main wheel, the right gear collapsed. At first, the plt thought the right tire had blown out & corrective action was taken, but to no avail. Rudder & brake effectiveness diminished & the acft came to rest on the right side of the rwy. An exam revealed that the right main landing gear drag link upper bolt, pn NAS464P4-26, had failed. The bolt & bushing were rusty & had seized in the drag link assembly. Also, several other bolts & bushings throughout the landing gear assembly were found to be rusty & had seized. An annual had been accomplished on 7/26/83. The total flt time on the acft since the inspection was 20.3 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N69604
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0812
- Airframe hours
- 1,582
- Engine
- Continental IO-470-VO, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Pilgrim Sales, Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 26, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- BZN · Bozeman, MT
- Destination
- GEG · Spokane, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- GEG · Spokane International, runway 21, 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
- 34
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 5,500 total · 182 in this make and model · 5,315 as pilot in command · 145 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.