Cessna 310R N4249C

Summary

On 2 February 2001 at about 22:08 local time, a Cessna 310R registered N4249C was involved in an accident near Cahokia, Illinois, 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

2 February 2001 at 22:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Cahokia, Illinois, United States

Nearest airport

St. Louis Downtown Airport (CPS)

Coordinates

38.5707, -90.1696

Aircraft

Cessna 310R

Registration

N4249C

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Cahokia → Cahokia

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI01LA079

Nobody was injured.

The collapse of the left main landing gear during landing roll for undetermined reasons.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The left landing gear collapsed during landing. The airplane and its landing gear system were inspected and no anomalies were found that could be associated with a pre-impact condition. All fractured portions of the landing gear system had signatures consistent with overload failure. The airplane's left main landing gear collapsed on two prior occasions. The first was on June 27, 1998, and the cause of the gear collapse was undetermined. The second occurrence was on May 15, 2000, and was attributed to the failure of a through-bolt in the gear retraction linkage. The accident flight was the second flight since the maintenance release for the damages that were incurred during the May 15, 2000, accident. The first flight was a maintenance test flight and no anomalies were noted during the flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.