# Incident 19950121002779I: Cessna 340A, Ft Myers, FL, January 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1995, 15:32 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Airport: Page Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.5866° N, 81.8632° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAGE FLD (FMY), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5866&lon=-81.8632&mi=10
- Aircraft: N341SC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N341SC) (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
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,230 total, 675 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950121002779I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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