# Accident 20041031027689A: Cessna 340A, Pensacola, FL, October 31, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 2004, 08:30 local time
- Place: Pensacola, FL
- Airport: Pensacola Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4733° N, 87.1875° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4733&lon=-87.1875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N340BK, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N340BK) (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: 2,875 total, 1,525 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA05LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA018) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20041031027689A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MIA05LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA018), Oct 31, 2004: Cessna 340A-RAM VI (N340BK), Pensacola, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The left landing gear collapsing due to the actuator separating for undetermined reasons.

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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