# Incident 19980815038729I: Cessna 340CESSNA, Santa Fe, NM, August 15, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1998, 17:44 local time
- Place: Santa Fe, NM
- Airport: Santa Fe County Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.6171° N, 106.0894° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SANTA FE RGNL (SAF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.6171&lon=-106.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28913, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N28913) (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 340CESSNA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980815038729I

## Narrative

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

(-5) ON AUGUST 15, 1998, AT 17:44 MDT, A CESSNA 340, N28913, REGISTERED TO AND FLOWN BY KERMIT L. WATERS ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, WAS INVOLVED IN AN INCIDENT AT THE SANTA FE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT IN SANTA FE, NM. THE AIRPLANE TOOK OFF AND THE GEAR WOULD NOT RETRACT. THE PILOT RETURNED THE GEAR HANDLE TO THE DOWN POSITION, HAD THREE GREEN GEAR INDICATORS, AND FLEW BY THE TOWER TO CONFIRM. TOWER REPORTED THAT IT APPEARED ALL THREE GEAR WERE DOWN. HE LANDED AND UPON A SLOW TAXI AS THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE RUNWAY FOR THE TAXIWAY, ALL THREE GEAR COLLAPSED. THERE WERE ONLY MINOR DAMAGE AND NO INJURIES. FOLLOW UP REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED UPON DETERMINATION AS TO WHY GEAR FAILED.

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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