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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Newport, OR · February 8, 1995

Date: February 8, 1995 · 19:00 local
Place: Newport, OR
Airport: Newport Municipal
Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N4104G
Reported as: Cessna 340A
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520L
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3,500 total248 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days

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: pilot statement: on night approach to onp, gear down light for r/m gear would not green; "test" button confirmed bulb okay. Exactly the same as a daylight incident weeks before (mechanic checked out okay, after successful landing; about 6 more successful landings made afterwards, before this incident.) Same emergency procedures followed as before, including slipping aircraft to left, no help on light. Upon landing gently, got flaps up, when right wing started down. Immediately closed off mixture, right engine wing continued down, aircraft went off runway to right, just clear of runway. Propeller, gear, outer-rear right wing scraped. Investigation revealed landing gear tube assembly part #0840125-15 rod failed. M or d to follow. This incident is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: PILOT STATEMENT: ON NIGHT APPROACH TO ONP, GEAR DOWN LIGHT FOR R/M GEAR WOULD NOT GREEN; "TEST" BUTTON CONFIRMED BULB OKAY. EXACTLY THE SAME AS A DAYLIGHT INCIDENT WEEKS BEFORE (MECHANIC CHECKED OUT OKAY, AFTER SUCCESSFUL LANDING; ABOUT 6 MORE SUCCESSFUL LANDINGS MADE AFTERWARDS, BEFORE THIS INCIDENT.) SAME EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOLLOWED AS BEFORE, INCLUDING SLIPPING AIRCRAFT TO LEFT, NO HELP ON LIGHT. UPON LANDING GENTLY, GOT FLAPS UP, WHEN RIGHT WING STARTED DOWN. IMMEDIATELY CLOSED OFF MIXTURE, RIGHT ENGINE WING CONTINUED DOWN, AIRCRAFT WENT OFF RUNWAY TO RIGHT, JUST CLEAR OF RUNWAY. PROPELLER, GEAR, OUTER-REAR RIGHT WING SCRAPED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED LANDING GEAR TUBE ASSEMBLY PART #0840125-15 ROD FAILED. M OR D TO FOLLOW. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED.