20041031027689A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 340A · Pensacola, FL · October 31, 2004

Date
October 31, 2004 · 08:30 local
Place
Pensacola, FL
Airport
Pensacola Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N340BK
NTSB investigation
NTSBMIA05LA018
Reported as
Cessna 340A
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,875 total1,525 in this make and model20 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.

(-23) Upon taxi and during a left turn the left main landing gear collapsed. Mechanics from the local FBO performed an inspection of the left main gear and reported that the down lock mechanism bell crank assembly had broken.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) UPON TAXI AND DURING A LEFT TURN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. MECHANICS FROM THE LOCAL FBO PERFORMED AN INSPECTION OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND REPORTED THAT THE DOWN LOCK MECHANISM BELL CRANK ASSEMBLY HAD BROKEN.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.