Gear-up landing Incident Cessna 310R N2MB,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145308
 
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Date:Wednesday 25 April 2012
Time:13:39 UTC
Type:Silhouette image of generic C310 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 310R
Owner/operator:Vintage Aero Inc.
Registration: N2MB
MSN: 310R1357
Year of manufacture:1978
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Minor
Location:St. Lucie County International Airport - KFPR, Fort Pierce, FL -   United States of America
Phase: Landing
Nature:Private
Departure airport:
Destination airport:KFPR
Confidence Rating: Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities
Narrative:
The pilot of a Cessna 310R landed with the landing gear retracted at St. Lucie County International Airport - KFPR, Fort Pierce, Florida.
After many attemps the landing gear still failed to deploy and the pilot decided to make a controlled belly landing, resulting in relative minor damage.

Both occupants escaped unhurt.

Sources:

https://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/04_2MB.txt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKP4A3U0C9s (video of the incident)

http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/small/000/615/615829.jpg (photo)

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Apr-2012 23:40 vvvww Added
27-Apr-2012 01:48 RobertMB Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative]
27-Apr-2012 01:50 RobertMB Updated [Narrative]

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