# Incident 19980415008709I: Cessna 340A, Oklahoma City, OK, April 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1998, 22:40 local time
- Place: Oklahoma City, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340FR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N340FR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,210 total, 40 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980415008709I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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