# Incident 19960518037419I: Cessna 340A, Placerville, CA, May 18, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 18, 1996, 20:00 local time
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Airport: Placerville Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.7242° N, 120.7533° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PLACERVILLE (PVF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7242&lon=-120.7533&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340PT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N340PT) (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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960518037419I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ONE MAIN LANDING GEAR LEG COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (LEFT).

## Other reports on N340PT (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19980921032659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980921032659I), Sep 21, 1998: Cessna 340CESSNA (N340PT), Red Bluff, CA, Substantial damage. During taxi to maintenance hangar, engine quit. Attempt at restart resulted in fire in left engine. Fire engulfed engine and caused severe damage to…

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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