# Accident 19950314004749A: Cessna 340A, Santa Fe, NM, March 14, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 1995, 14:50 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5432M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5432M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (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 TSIO520K
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,750 total, 30 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW95LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA138) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950314004749A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING. PRIO GEAR CHECK WAS ADVISED GEAR WORK NEEDED BUT DECLINED.SHOWED HARD LANDINGS.

## 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 FTW95LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW95LA138), Mar 14, 1995: Cessna 340 (N5432M), Santa Fe, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: WORN LANDING GEAR ASSEMBLY DUE TO INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE BY MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL AND DELAYED MAINTENANCE BY OPERATORS.

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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