Accident Cessna 310F N317L, Saturday 5 December 1987

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Date:	Saturday 5 December 1987
Time:	12:40 LT
Type:	Cessna 310F
Owner/operator:	Airways Charter, Inc.
Registration:	N317L
MSN:	3100126
Year of manufacture:	1961
Total airframe hrs:	4156 hours
Engine model:	Continental IO-470D
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Opa Locka, FL - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Training
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Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE PLT STATED THAT HE HAD MADE THREE TOUCH & GO LANDINGS & ON THE FOURTH LANDING, WHILE ON ROLLOUT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED & THE ACFT SLID TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY. POST CRASH EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR REVEALED THAT THE LEFT MAIN GEAR DOWNLOCK ROD BROKE ALLOWING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

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