# Incident 20020516009379I: Cessna 340A, Chattanooga, TN, May 16, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 16, 2002, 11:00 local time
- Place: Chattanooga, TN
- Airport: Lovell Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BCFA
- Location: 35.0352° N, 85.2036° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOVELL FLD (CHA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0352&lon=-85.2036&mi=10
- Aircraft: N444HB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N444HB-2018-01-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340A (registry code 2076405, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,800 total, 3,550 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020516009379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLYING FROM AFJ TO CHA TO PICK UP A PATIENT AND ON LANDING THE PILOT PUT THE LANDING DOWN & HEARD A BANG WITH GREEN LIGHTS ON THE MAIN LANDING GEAR. ONLY THE NOSE LANDING GEAR SHOWED AN UNSAFE CONDITION. THE PILOT FLEW THE AIRCRAFT AROUND CYCLED THE GEAR TRYING TO GET THE NLG DOWN & LOCKED TO BURN OFF FUEL. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED & THE NLG COLLAPSED. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WAS BOTH PROPELLERS, NLG DOORS & SKIN. THE NLG BELL CRANK ASSEMBLY BROKE, PART #0842104-3.

## Other reports on N444HB (3)

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

- [Incident 20020912025379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020912025379I), Sep 12, 2002: Cessna 340A (N444HB), Washington, PA, Minor damage. (-23) On departure, the pilot selected gear up, heard a bang, and noted the left main landing gear was indicating down and locked, and the right and nose were…
- [Incident 19930726028619I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930726028619I), Jul 26, 1993: Cessna 340A (N444HB), Washington, PA. Unsafe landing gear indication. Used emergency procedures. Landed safely. Will check landing gear system.
- [Incident 19911112054919I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911112054919I), Nov 12, 1991: Cessna 340A (N444HB), Lancaster, PA. Right engine manifold pressure and oil pressure below normal. Returned for landing and maintenance.

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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