Medford Jackson County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Medford, Oregon 97054
Wednesday, December 17, 1986 11:00 PST

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

DURING TURN OFF FROM THE RUNWAY TO THE TAXIWAY THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE RUNWAY AND TAXIWAY WERE ICY AND WET. EXAMINATION OF THE LANDING GEAR INDICATED AN OVERLOAD FAILURE.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 12/17/1986
Event Day of the Week Wednesday
Time of Event 1100
Event Time Zone Pacific Standard Time
Event City MEDFORD
Event State OREGON
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 97054
Event Date Year 1986
Event Date Month 12
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? No
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport MEDFORD JACKSON COUNTY
Event Location Nearest Airport ID
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 1330
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1055 Pacific Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 0
Weather Observation Facility ID MFR
Elevation of weather observation facility 1330
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 0
Time Zone of the weather observation PDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 200
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 0
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Unknown
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling Obscured
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 3
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 0
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 0
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 0
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 0
Wind Velocity Indicator Calm
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) --
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 4
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 2370
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Dec 17 1986 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1430
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 33212
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 9:14AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Instrument Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft Registration Number N7581Q
NTSB Number SEA87LA037
Missing Aircraft Indicator N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed IFR
Flight plan Was Activated? --
Damage Substantial
Aircraft Fire None
Aircraft Explosion None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name CESSNA
Aircraft Model T310Q
Aircraft Series Identifier T310Q
Aircraft Serial Number 31000081
Certified Max Gross Weight 5500
Aircraft Category Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No
Flight Crew Seats --
Cabin Crew Seats --
Passenger Seats --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 6
Number of Engines 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Retractable
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection 100 Hour
Date of Last Inspection Dec 3 1986 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection --
Airframe Hours 3399
ELT Installed Yes
ELT Activated No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No
ELT Type --
Aircraft Owner Name MECHANO ELECTRO WORKS
Aircraft Owner Street Address 1120 SPRING STREET
Aircraft Owner City KLAMATH FALLS
Aircraft Owner State OR
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 97601
Operator is an individual? --
Operator Name MECHANO ELECTRO WORKS, INC.
Operator Same as Owner? No
Operator Is Doing Business As --
Operator Address Same as Owner? No
Operator Street Address 1120 SPRING ST.
Operator City KLAMATH FALLS
Operator State OR
Operator Country
Operator Zip code 97601
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown
Operator Certificate Number --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Business
Second Pilot on Board No
Departure Point Same as Event No
Departure Airport Code SJU
Departure City SAN JOSE
Departure State CA
Departure Country
Departure Time 910
Departure Time Zone PDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code MFR
Destination City MEDFORD
Destination State OR
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? --
Evacuation occurred --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:36AM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Since inspection or accident --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 14
Runway Length 6700
Runway Width 150
Sight Seeing flight No
Air Medical Flight No
Medical Flight --