# Accident 19890214032329A: Cessna 340A, Jacksonville, FL, February 14, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 14, 1989, 12:09 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, FL
- Airport: Craig Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.3363° N, 81.5144° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3363&lon=-81.5144&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5454X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5454X) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520NB
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,046 total, 80 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA89LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA085) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890214032329A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING AFTER LANDING. UPPER DOWN LOCK TOP BUSHING SEIZED.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA89LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA085), Feb 14, 1989: Cessna 340A (N5454X), Jacksonville, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: SEIZURE OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR UPPER DOWNLOCK TOP BUSHING, AND THE FAILURE OF OTHER MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL TO PROPERLY RIG THE LANDING GEAR DOWN LIGHT MICRO SWITCHES.

## Other reports on N5454X (1)

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

- [Incident 19871011071849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871011071849I), Oct 11, 1987: Cessna 340A (N5454X), Athens, GA, Minor damage. Aborted takeoff when the door came open. Pilot misjudged the distance to the runway end. Ran off the end.

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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