# Incident 19981231044829I: Cessna 414, Dalhart, TX, December 31, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 31, 1998, 13:00 local time
- Place: Dalhart, TX
- Airport: Dalhart Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0225° N, 102.5474° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DALHART MUNI (DHT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0225&lon=-102.5474&mi=10
- Aircraft: N87TM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N87TM-2013-08-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981231044829I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD NORMAL LANDING AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. EXAMINATION OF LANDING GEAR REVEALED THAT BOLT AND FORK OF THE GEAR DOWNLOCK AT THE UPPER STRUT ATTACH POINT HAD FAILED AND ALLOWED THE GEAR TO FOLD. THERE APPEARED TO BE ADEQUATE LUBRICATION AND FOLLOWUP INDIACTED MANUFACTURERS DATA HAD BEEN FOLLOWED IN INSTALLATION OF NEW PARTS DURING ANNUAL INSPECTION.

## Other reports on N87TM (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19930609032579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930609032579I), Jun 9, 1993: Cessna 414 (N87TM), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing rollout. Veered off runway. Left main gear bell crank assembly was broken.
- [Incident 19900408020399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900408020399I), Apr 8, 1990: Cessna 414 (N87TM), Mc Kinney, TX, Minor damage. Unable to get gear down light. Landed and partially extended gear collapsed.

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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