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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340CESSNA · Marietta, PA · February 2, 1998

Date
February 2, 1998 · 15:15 local
Place
Marietta, PA
Airport
Donegal Springs Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N500LB
Reported as
Cessna 340CESSNA
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,194 total43 in this make and model20 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: after take off, pilot selected gear handle up and heard a loud bang. Selected gear handle down and only left and nose indicated green lights. Upon landing the right gear collapsed and aircrft veered into a corn field on side of runway. Investigation revealed right gear retract torque tube bellcrank was broken.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: AFTER TAKE OFF, PILOT SELECTED GEAR HANDLE UP AND HEARD A LOUD BANG. SELECTED GEAR HANDLE DOWN AND ONLY LEFT AND NOSE INDICATED GREEN LIGHTS. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT GEAR COLLAPSED AND AIRCRFT VEERED INTO A CORN FIELD ON SIDE OF RUNWAY. INVESTIGATION REVEALED RIGHT GEAR RETRACT TORQUE TUBE BELLCRANK WAS BROKEN.