- Date
- December 7, 2021, 10:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Corona, CA · airport
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N310CCCessna 310Q
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Western Pacific Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20211207020899A
- Case key
- 104566
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Probable cause
The pilot receiving instruction failure to extend the landing gear before landing due to distraction and the flight instructor’s inadequate supervision.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot receiving instruction in the multi-engine airplane reported that, he was teaching a simulated, single engine landing in the airport traffic pattern to his instructor. While on downwind where he normally extends the landing gear, he was still focusing on the engine failure procedures and did not extend the landing gear or verify the landing gear position. The airplane subsequently touched down with the landing gear retracted. The lower fuselage was substantially damaged. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N310CC
- Reported as
- Cessna 310Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 310Q0970
- Built
- 1973
- Engines
- Continental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocatingContinental IO-470, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mustang Aeronautics LLC
- Registered owner
- Mustang Aeronautics LLC
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- AJO · Corona Muni, runway 25, 3,200 × 60 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Unknown
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 22
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 630 total · 7 in this make and model · 540 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days
- Role
- Flight instructor
- Age
- 39
- Injuries
- None
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.99 inHg
- Observed at
- KAJO
- METAR
- METAR KAJO 071756Z AUTO 05004KT 4SM BR OVC100 13/11 A2999 RMK AO2 SLP154 60000 T01330111 10133 20122 53004=
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on June 14, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 1.7 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.