Cessna 310 N3106L

Summary

On 10 July 2009 at about 22:10 local time, a Cessna 310 registered N3106L was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas, 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.

Date

10 July 2009 at 22:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Worth Alliance (AFW)

Coordinates

32.9833, -97.3167

Aircraft

Cessna 310

Registration

N3106L

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Worth → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN09CA457

Nobody was injured.

The failure of the pivot pin in the side brace of the right main landing gear resulting in the gear collapse during taxi for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airline transport pilot had been holding short of the runway and was taxiing onto the runway to begin his takeoff from a standing start. As the airplane was half way through its 90 degree left turn the right main landing gear collapsed and the right wing and the right horizontal stabilizer struck the ground. There was substantial damage to the airplane. The pilot, who was the only occupant, was not injured. The FAA inspector who responded to the accident scene said the pivot pin was missing from the bellcrank on the right main landing gear side brace lock link. According to maintenance records this airplane had flown only four hours in the previous 40 months. The airplane had flown two hours in the nine days since the most recent annual inspection had been completed.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.