Cessna 310Q N20SS
31 January 2007 · Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 31 January 2007 at about 16:40 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N20SS was involved in an accident near Atlantic City, New Jersey, 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 16:40
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
- Nearest airport
- Atlantic City International Ai (ACY)
- Coordinates
- 39.4544, -74.5728
- Aircraft
- Cessna 310Q
- Registration
- N20SS
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Executive/Corporate
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Easton → Atlantic City
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- NYC07LA061
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Probable cause
The inoperative safe gear indicator light switch. Contributing to the accident was the pilot hand-cranking the landing gear past the physical stop.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
After deployment of the landing gear prior to landing, the pilot noticed an unsafe gear indication. He recycled the landing gear and again got an unsafe condition. The pilot then hand-cranked the gear to the down position, but cranked it through the physical stop, breaking it. At touchdown, the left main landing gear was in an "over-center" condition, and collapsed, which caused substantial damage to the airplane. Examination of the airplane revealed a broken tab on the left main landing gear "squat" switch, which rendered the safe gear indicator inoperative.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Cessna 310 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Dec 2007 | Cessna 310 | Glenwood, New Mexico, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 3 Aug 2007 | Cessna 310Q | Brownsburg, Indiana, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 27 Apr 2007 | Cessna 310R | Hatch, New Mexico, United States | Aero Charter and Transport | No injuries | - |
| 10 Jan 2007 | Cessna 310 | Jackson, Mississippi, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 7 Oct 2007 | Cessna 310N | Ekalaka, Montana, United States | - | Fatal | 2 |
| 26 Nov 2007 | Cessna 310R | Owensboro, Kentucky, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
All 1,745 records for this type
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