Cessna 310Q N6283Q

Summary

On 18 August 1984 at about 22:36 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N6283Q, operated by Micro Chemical Inc, was involved in an accident near Amarillo, Texas, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 August 1984 at 22:36

Classification

Accident

Location

Amarillo, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Amerillo International (AMA)

Coordinates

35.6899, -101.8194

Aircraft

Cessna 310Q

Registration

N6283Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Micro Chemical Inc

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW84LA360

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

DURING GEAR RETRACTION ON POST-MAINTENANCE CHECK FLIGHT INITIAL CLIMB, GEAR UNLOCKED LIGHT REMAINED ON AND GEAR EXTEND/RETRACT MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER POPPED. PLT RESET CB AND HEARD A 'LOUD POP' FROM THE NOSE SECTION OF THE ACFT. PLT THEN EXTENDED GEAR BUT NOSE GEAR EXTENDED ONLY PARTIALLY. PLT CIRCLED FIELD FOR ABOUT 3 HOURS ,ATTEMPTING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO LOWER NOSE GEAR BY EMERGENCY MEANS. PLT THEN LANDED, SHUTTING DOWN ENGINES AND FEATHERING PROPS BEFORE LOWERING NOSE ON PARTIALLY EXTENDED NOSE GEAR. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE NOSE GEAR LINKAGE HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED DURING MAINTENANCE AND WAS NOT RECONNECTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.