ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 145308
Last updated: 20 May 2013
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| Date: | 25-APR-2012 |
| Time: | 13:39 GMT |
| Type: |  Cessna 310R |
| Operator: | Vintage Aero Inc. |
| Registration: | N2MB |
| C/n / msn: | 310R1357 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Minor |
| Location: | St. Lucie County International Airport - KFPR, Fort Pierce, FL -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| KFPR |
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:
http://www.faa.gov/data_research/accident_incident/preliminary_data/events01/media/04_2MB.txt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKP4A3U0C9s (video of the incident)
http://www.airport-data.com/images/aircraft/small/615/615829.jpg (photo)
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 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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