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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Oshkosh, WI · April 26, 1996

Date: April 26, 1996 · 12:30 local
Place: Oshkosh, WI
Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N34WW
Reported as: Cessna 340A
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 9,400 total500 in this make and model140 in the last 90 days

N34WWRegistered now · Cessna 340S/N 340-0258 · Built 1973 Airframe modelCessna 340 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: while on a training flight, the pilot was performing a no flap landing. Upon touchdown, the right hand gear collapsed, allowing the aircraft to depart the right hand side of runway 36, coming to rest in a ditch. The gear position indicators all showed green lights prior to touchdown. The drag link bolt sheared. Cause of the failure could not be determined.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: WHILE ON A TRAINING FLIGHT, THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING A NO FLAP LANDING. UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE RIGHT HAND GEAR COLLAPSED, ALLOWING THE AIRCRAFT TO DEPART THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF RUNWAY 36, COMING TO REST IN A DITCH. THE GEAR POSITION INDICATORS ALL SHOWED GREEN LIGHTS PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. THE DRAG LINK BOLT SHEARED. CAUSE OF THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.