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| Date: | Friday 9 August 2002 |
| Time: | 12:45 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 310N |
| Owner/operator: | Russell Andrews |
| Registration: | N111KC |
| MSN: | 310N0005 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1967 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3570 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-A2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Grand Junction, Colorado -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Pueblo Memorial Airport, CO (PUB/KPUB) |
| Glenwood Spring, CO (GWS | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
According to the instructor, the pilot receiving instruction made a hard landing. The instructor took the controls and initiated a go-around. Suspecting landing gear damage, he kept the landing gear extended and diverted to a nearby airport. On the approach, the right main landing gear fell off the aircraft. Because of the limited emergency equipment at the second airport, he was advised to divert to a third airport. While keeping the landing gear extended, they made a low pass over the runway, and witnesses confirmed the missing right main landing gear. The instructor retracted the landing gear and made an intentional gear-up landing. The airplane sustained extensive damage to the lower fuselage skin and bulkheads and substantial damage to the right main landing gear attachment point.
Probable Cause: The dual student's inadequate aircraft control resulting in a hard landing. Contributing factors include, the dual student's inadequate airspeed and high flare, the inadequate supervision by the instructor, the in-flight separation of the right main landing gear and the intentional wheels-up landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB DEN02LA093
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 11:01 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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