- Date
- December 17, 1986, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Medford, OR
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N7581QCessna T310Q
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 40574
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - icyFactor
Aircraft handling - poorCause
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolledCause
Analysis
During turn off from the runway to the taxiway the left main gear collapsed. The runway and taxiway were icy and wet. Examination of the landing gear indicated an overload failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7581Q
- Reported as
- Cessna T310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 31000081
- Airframe hours
- 3,399
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 280 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Mechano Electro Works, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Mechano Electro Works
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · December 3, 1986
- Departed
- SJU · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- MFR · Medford, OR
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- Medford Jackson County, runway 14, 6,700 × 150 ft, macadam
N7581QRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Cessna T310QAirframe modelCessna T310QEngine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,960 total · 1,870 in this make and model · 10,850 as pilot in command · 144 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 3 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 200 ft
- Temperature
- 32 °F
- Observed at
- MFR