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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340CESSNA · Athens, GA · January 26, 2000

Date
January 26, 2000 · 15:05 local
Place
Athens, GA
Airport
Athens/Ben Epps Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N340WD
Reported as
Cessna 340CESSNA
Reported engine
Continental TSIO520N
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total85 in this make and model31 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.

Aircraft was making an approach on runway 27 at Athens ben Epps airport. Shortly after touchdown the left main landing gear collapsed. Aircraft veered off to the left and landed in a grassy area. privacy data omitted (See inspector's statement for details).

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT WAS MAKING AN APPROACH ON RUNWAY 27 AT ATHENS BEN EPPS AIRPORT. SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF TO THE LEFT AND LANDED IN A GRASSY AREA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (SEE INSPECTOR'S STATEMENT FOR DETAILS).