# NTSB UNK65X0789: Cessna 310G, N8976Z, Melbourne, FL, November 22, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 22, 1964
- Place: Melbourne, FL · MELBOURNE, FL
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 6 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 5, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180721
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK65X0789
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK65X0789

## NTSB brief

```
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3853  64/11/22   MELBOURNE FLA       CESSNA 310G         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 3500
        TIME - 1810                    N8976Z              PX-  0  0  5  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 567 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - KENNEDY
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           WHEELS-UP                                                LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          LDG GR-RT MAIN GR STRUT LOCK RING BECAME DISPLACED
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8976Z](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N8976Z), registered now, S/N 310G0076, built 1962 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 310G
- Registry model: [Cessna 310G](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-310g) (registry code 2074218) (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: Kennedy

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.