# Accident 19980501008219A: Cessna 320D, Greybull, WY, May 1, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1998, 09:00 local time
- Place: Greybull, WY
- Airport: South Big Horn County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DHFA
- Location: 44.4903° N, 108.0494° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4903&lon=-108.0494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3316Q, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3316Q) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 320D (registry code 2074512, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-320d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 320D
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,508 total, 800 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA201) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980501008219A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXIING TO PARK. LEFT BELLCRANK ASSESMBLY BROKE. (.4)AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT TURNED THE AIRPLANE AROUND AND BACK TAXIED TOWARDS THE RAMP.  AS HE EXITED THE RUNWAY, THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED.  POSTACCIDENT INSPECTION REVEALED THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY SUSTAINED A STRESS OVERLOAD, CAUSING THE ASSEMBLY TO BREAK AND SHEAR BOTH ASSEMBLY BOLTS.  THE GEAR RETRACT ARM WAS ALSO FOUND BROKEN.  WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED, THE LEFT WING AND LEFT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER STRUCK THE GROUND AND WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.                                         (-23)LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED WHILE TAXING TO PARKING.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW98LA201](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98LA201), May 1, 1998: Cessna 320D (N3316Q), Greybull, WY, substantial damage. Probable cause: Stress overload failure of the bellcrank assembly of the left landing gear.

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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