# Incident 19850607032009I: Cessna 340CESSNA, New Haven, CT, June 7, 1985

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1985, 11:53 local time
- Place: New Haven, CT
- Airport: Tweed
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3108° N, 72.9250° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Haven, CT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3108&lon=-72.9250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N888CW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N888CW-1991-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520N
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,072 total, 81 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850607032009I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST BOTH ALTERNATORS IN FLIGHT. HAND CRANKED GEAR UNTIL HE THOUGHT IT WAS DOWN. GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N888CW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19880611028859I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880611028859I), Jun 11, 1988: Cessna 340CESSNA (N888CW), Caldwell, NJ, Substantial damage. Alternator output lights out and had high electrical discharge rate. Gear collapsed on landing.
- [Incident 19870716044389I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870716044389I), Jul 16, 1987: Cessna 340CESSNA (N888CW), Bridgeport, CT, Minor damage. Right main gear collapsed on rollout. Mechanical defect in gear found.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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