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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Oklahoma City, OK · April 15, 1998

Date: April 15, 1998 · 22:40 local
Place: Oklahoma City, OK
Airport: Wiley Post Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N340FR
Reported as: Cessna 340A
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,210 total40 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

N340FRRegistered now · Cessna 340AS/N 340A0039 · Built 1976 Airframe modelCessna 340A 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: the pilot said after landing and roll out as the aircraft was taxiing on the runway, the aircraft made a hard left turn. He stopped the aircraft and then attempted to taxi. The aircraft moved, but the pilot knew something was not right. After getting the aircraft off the runway, he and the co-pilot saw the left main wheel was not aligned properly and left the aircraft and went for assistance to move it. On 4/16/98, 08:30, the aircraft was in the maintenance facility of et mechanical. The center bolt of the left MLG torque links had pulled the bushing from the upper link, because washer part number 504581-2 was not installed. The bolt and nut along with the bushing from the upper torque link were intact. The torque link was not effective and allowed the main landing gear to rotate to the aft of the strut, and 90 degrees to the path of rotation.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THE PILOT SAID AFTER LANDING AND ROLL OUT AS THE AIRCRAFT WAS TAXIING ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LEFT TURN. HE STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND THEN ATTEMPTED TO TAXI. THE AIRCRAFT MOVED, BUT THE PILOT KNEW SOMETHING WAS NOT RIGHT. AFTER GETTING THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY, HE AND THE CO-PILOT SAW THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL WAS NOT ALIGNED PROPERLY AND LEFT THE AIRCRAFT AND WENT FOR ASSISTANCE TO MOVE IT. ON 4/16/98, 08:30, THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN THE MAINTENANCE FACILITY OF ET MECHANICAL. THE CENTER BOLT OF THE LEFT MLG TORQUE LINKS HAD PULLED THE BUSHING FROM THE UPPER LINK, BECAUSE WASHER PART NUMBER 504581-2 WAS NOT INSTALLED. THE BOLT AND NUT ALONG WITH THE BUSHING FROM THE UPPER TORQUE LINK WERE INTACT. THE TORQUE LINK WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AND ALLOWED THE MAIN LANDING GEAR TO ROTATE TO THE AFT OF THE STRUT, AND 90 DEGREES TO THE PATH OF ROTATION.