Accident Cessna 310R VH-JNZ, Tuesday 17 April 1990
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Date:Tuesday 17 April 1990
Time:19:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic C310 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Cessna 310R
Owner/operator:
Registration: VH-JNZ
MSN: 310R0864
Year of manufacture:1977
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Orange Regional Airport (YORG), Orange, NSW -   Australia
Phase: Landing
Nature:Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi
Departure airport:YARM
Destination airport:YORG
Investigating agency: BASI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
The aircraft suffered a right landing gear collapse due to a failure of the downlock bellcrank pivot bolt and forward pivot lug.

Accident investigation:
cover
  
Investigating agency: BASI
Report number: 199001979
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 2 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

https://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/1990/aair/aair199001979/
https://www.atsb.gov.au/media/31281/aair199001979.pdf

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
05-Feb-2018 08:51 Pineapple Added
13-Apr-2022 11:57 manfrmuncle Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, ]
13-Apr-2022 11:58 harro Updated [Operator, ]

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