Plane Crash List

Cessna 310Q N7762Q

26 November 1999 · Moline, Illinois, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 26 November 1999 at about 20:27 local time, a Cessna 310Q registered N7762Q was involved in an accident near Moline, Illinois, 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 20:27
Classification
Accident
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States
Nearest airport
Moline-Quad Cities (MLI)
Coordinates
41.5203, -90.3910
Aircraft
Cessna 310Q
Registration
N7762Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Not recorded
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Downers Grove → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
CHI00LA038

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
1 0 0 0 1

Probable cause

the landing gear locking mechanism was not properly locked. Factors relating to this accident were the improper rigging of the gear and the runway marker.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was on approach. When the pilot extended his gear, he noticed that there wasn't a green light (down and locked) indication on the left main landing gear. The pilot recycled the gear but still didn't get a safe indication. The pilot advised the control tower at Moline, Illinois, of the unsafe gear condition and requested to make a low pass down runway 23 to have tower controllers look at the landing gear. The tower told the pilot that all three landing gear seemed to be down. The pilot came around and performed a landing on runway 09. On touchdown, the landing gear collapsed and the airplane slid off the left side of the runway. The airplane struck a runway marker and came to rest in the grass, south of the runway. Examination of the airplane's left main landing gear wheel well showed that the landing gear bellcrank was broken and its pivot bolt was bent, and the inboard rod end of the gear lock turn buckle was broken. No other anomalies were found.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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