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(-23)Inspector statment: the incident ocurred on, may 5, 2000, at the st. Louis Downtown Parks (cps) airport at 0500Z (0000 local) time. The aircraft is an Cessna model 402B, registration number N5040Q, owned and operated by springdale air serivce, inc. springdale air service is a FAR part 135 air carrier, designator hbca. The flight originated in lit as a FAR 91 repositioning flight to cps. During the landing roll out at cps the right main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft slid off the right side of the runway. The aircraft was occupied by a crew of 2. The pilot in command was privacy data omitted who was occupying the right seat. privacy data omitted, A new hiretrainee was occupying the left seat and was the one who made the landing. There were no injuries to the occupants. According to the pilot's statement they landed on runway 30L. The landing approach was normal and that the lending indication lights showed 3 green down and locked. Shortly after touchdown they doth noted that the right wing was low as if they had a flat tire. privacy data omitted Indicated that at the point it became increasingly difficult to maintain the runway heading. The aircraft departed the runway to the right and came to rest with all three gear off the runway and a portion of the left wing protruding into the runway space. The on scene investigation was conducted by myself, privacy data omitted . The time of out arrival was approximately 0945 on may 5, the aircraft had been lifted, the right gear secured down and the aircraft towed to the midcoast parking ramp. We spoke with the airport superintenent, privacy data omitted informed us that he contacted at the time of the incident and arrived on the scene shortly after it happened. He indicated that the aircraft had come to rest approximately 1600 feet from the center of runway 30L and that he found the initial prop strike approximately 1000 feet from the center of the runway and approximately 15 feet to the right of the center line.