19950121002779I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Ft Myers, FL · January 21, 1995

Date: January 21, 1995 · 15:32 local
Place: Ft Myers, FL
Airport: Page Field
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N341SC
Reported as: Cessna 340A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,230 total675 in this make and model22 in the last 90 days

N341SCRegistered now · Cessna 340AS/N 340A1810 · Built 1984 Airframe modelCessna 340A Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Narrative: a/c landed on rwy 31 and rt. Main gear collapsed. He skidded to the right of rwy 31 ending up adjacent to rwy 5/23 and txy b. maint. Found rt. Main gear down lock system failed due to outboard rod end installed on tube assy. Failed due to fatigue cracking. Rod end had evidence of fatigue cracking on one surface, and exhibited an overload failure on the second fracture surface.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: A/C LANDED ON RWY 31 AND RT. MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. HE SKIDDED TO THE RIGHT OF RWY 31 ENDING UP ADJACENT TO RWY 5/23 AND TXY B. MAINT. FOUND RT. MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO OUTBOARD ROD END INSTALLED ON TUBE ASSY. FAILED DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKING. ROD END HAD EVIDENCE OF FATIGUE CRACKING ON ONE SURFACE, AND EXHIBITED AN OVERLOAD FAILURE ON THE SECOND FRACTURE SURFACE.