# Accident 19990613006869A: Cessna 414, Springdale, AR, June 13, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 13, 1999, 13:05 local time
- Place: Springdale, AR
- Airport: Springdale Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Location: 36.1806° N, 94.1397° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1806&lon=-94.1397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N475JN, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N475JN) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW99LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA169) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990613006869A

## Narrative

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

ACFT RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. (-23)ON TAKEOFF OUT ASG, THE R/H MLG STRUT PISTON RETAINING SNAPING WAS PROBABLY LIBERATED FROM ITS GROOVE IN THE UPPER PART OF THE STRUT PISTON, ALLOWING THE R/H STRUT TO OVER EXTENDED TO MAXIMUM TRAVEL THE R/H STRUT TORUE LINKS WOULD ALLOW.ON RETRACTION, THE OVER EXTENDED LANDING GEAR PROBABLY  JAMMED ON THE INBOARD MLG DOOR.  THE GEAR MOTOR CONTINUED TO RUN, DAMAGING THE RETRACT TORQUETUBE AND ASSOCIATED LINKS.  THE GEAR WAS RE-EXTENDED, BUT WOULD NOT LOCK DOWN DUE TO THE DAMAGE ACTUATING MECHANISM.  THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO ASG, WHERE UPON TOUCHDOWN, THE R/H MLG COLLAPSED.  THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED TO A STOP, INJURING NONE OF THE THREE PERSONS ONBOARD.  THE STRUT RETAINING SNAPING AND ITS ASSOCIATED BEARING SEEM TO BE IN NORMAL SERVICEABLE CONDITION.  THE STRUT PISTON SNAPING GROOVE MAY HAVE VERY SIGHTLY CHAMFERED EDGES.  (NOTE: AD 90-02-13 HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED).  AN M OR D REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED.

## 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 FTW99LA169](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW99LA169), Jun 13, 1999: Cessna 414 (N475JN), Springdale, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the right main landing gear torque tube support bracket/pivot bearing which resulted in the failure of the landing gear locking mechanism.

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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