Cessna 310Q N141DE

Summary

On 15 January 2006 at about 17:30 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N141DE was involved in an accident near Griffith, Indiana, United States. 2 people were 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.

Date

15 January 2006 at 17:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Griffith, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

41.5197, -87.4011

Aircraft

Cessna 310Q

Registration

N141DE

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Griffith → Griffith

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI06CA068

Nobody was injured.

The overload failure of the right main landing gear locking mechanism due to undetermined reasons.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The right main landing gear collapsed during a landing roll. The certified flight instructor (CFI) stated the accident occurred during the seventh landing while he and the student were practicing touch and go landings. The CFI stated that they were approximately 3/4 the way down the runway and at 20 miles per hour, when the right main gear collapsed. The airplane then slid off the right side of the runway and came to rest in the grass. The student pilot reported that during the landing roll when approximately 1/2 way down the runway, the landing gear warning horn sounded, and the gear down and locked light flickered on and off. He said they kept the airplane straight on the runway, and as they slowed down the right main gear collapsed. Photographs of the right main gear down lock link were examined by a National Transportation Safety Board metallurgist. The metallurgist reported that the fracture contained the characteristics of an overload failure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.