30.6944° N, 88.0431° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Mobile, AL, within about 7 miles.Open in the map
Date
January 15, 2000 · 13:54 local
Place
Mobile, AL
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2UC
Reported as
Cessna 414
Reported engine
Continental IO520*
Pilot’s flight hours
3,500 total2,000 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-5) Aircraft had extensive gear overhaul accomplished within the last month. Rigging and tension on gear is believed to be the cause of failure at this time, the gear torsion rod failed causing main to fold.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) AIRCRAFT HAD EXTENSIVE GEAR OVERHAUL ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE LAST MONTH. RIGGING AND TENSION ON GEAR IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE AT THIS TIME, THE GEAR TORSION ROD FAILED CAUSING MAIN TO FOLD.