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ANC81DA042

1981-04-10 · ELMENDORF AFB, Alaska, United States · None · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Current FAA registration · N5215G

Make / Model
CESSNA 310E
Year of manufacture
1961 · 20 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR I0-470 SERIES (260 hp)
Seats / Engines
5 seats · 2 engines
Last airworthiness date
19711216
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A68FB3

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
CESSNA 310E · N5215G
Damage
Substantial
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Night
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
EE
Operator type
J
Airport
ELMENDORF AFB,AK
Kind of flying
B2

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
330° / 20 kt
Temp
45° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
0000310M0023
Total time
6,275 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Commercial
Total hours
1,522
Age
38

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

EEL RETRACT BELLCRANK FAILED.RETAINING PIN MISSING

Investigator remarks

R NOSE GEAR DOOR CAME LOOSE,GEAR HIT DOOR,NOSEWH

Cause factors

  • 70/A/BJ A
    AIRFRAME WHEEL WELL DOORS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/BM A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS DISCONNECTED Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/90 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MISSING Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/CE A
    AIRFRAME NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/94 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS OVERLOAD FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/27 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS LANDED ON FOAMED RUNWAY Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0527. Source file NTSB_1981_3_0527.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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