Cessna 310 N3622D
13 April 2005 · Clear Lake, Minnesota, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 13 April 2005 at about 14:00 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N3622D was involved in an accident near Clear Lake, Minnesota, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 14:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Clear Lake, Minnesota, United States
- Nearest airport
- Leaders Clear Lake (8Y6)
- Coordinates
- 45.4444, -93.9711
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310
- Registration
- N3622D
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- St Cloud → Clear Lake
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- CHI05LA097
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The collapse of the nose landing gear as a result of the pilot performing improper maintenance on the airplane due to his failure to properly safety the nose landing gear door.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The airplane was damaged when the nose landing gear collapsed during landing and the airplane nosed over. Investigation revealed that a cotter pin on the nose landing gear door had been removed by the pilot and was not replaced. During the flight, the nose landing gear failed to retract and subsequently collapsed during the landing. The airplane's most recent annual inspection had been performed 13 months prior to the accident and no special flight authorization had been granted.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 310 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2005 | Cessna 310Q | Pierre, South Dakota, United States | Air Max Airlines | No injuries | - |
| 9 Sep 2005 | Cessna 310Q | Boscobel, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 Oct 2005 | Cessna 310R | Ottumwa, Iowa, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Jun 2005 | Cessna 310C | Ray, Michigan, United States | - | Serious injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 2005 | Cessna 310R | Tamworth, Australia | Country Capital Flight Centre | Fatal | 1 |
| 17 Aug 2005 | Cessna 310R | Apopka, Florida, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 1,745 records for this type
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Dec 2005 | Piper PA-31-350 | Marshall, Minnesota, United States | Midwest Aviation | Minor injuries | - |
| 9 Aug 2005 | Grumman G-164 | Georgetown, Minnesota, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 18 Jun 2005 | Cessna 172M | Rochester, Minnesota, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 4 Jul 2005 | Piper PA-32-300 | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States | Robert J. McMane | No injuries | - |
| 31 Aug 2005 | Cessna 182R | New Ulm, Minnesota, United States | Department of Natural Resources | No injuries | - |
| 26 Jun 2005 | Piper PA-28-151 | Willmar, Minnesota, United States | Willmar Air Service Inc | No injuries | - |