916Bob
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Three of us decided to take a quick trip up to Mena, AR (MEZ), in the Cessna 310R the other day for no other reason than to have some fun. All was good on the preflight and up to just prior to rotation, but then the plane started to pull to the right. The plane was off the ground before I could think too much about it... so I didn’t. That is until we noticed the red gear indicator light was on after I put the gear up. I had heard the gear motors cycle normally so it was a bit of a surprise until I remembered the pulling to the right on takeoff. Best guess from the right seat was a collapsed right side strut while I pondered the possibility of a tire failure. Anyway, here’s a link to a video of the flight. Note: no gerbils were harmed while making the video and all “fiddling with the camera” was completed before engine start.