# Incident 20050502010359I: Cessna 414, Vero Beach, FL, May 2, 2005

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 2, 2005, 13:25 local time
- Place: Vero Beach, FL
- Airport: Vero Beach Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.6556° N, 80.4180° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VERO BEACH RGNL (VRB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.6556&lon=-80.4180&mi=10
- Aircraft: N222PR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N222PR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050502010359I

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR (MLG) BEGAN TO SLOWLY COLLAPSE DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 04 AT VRB. THE AIRPLANE GRADUALLY VEERED LEFT AND CAME TO A STOP AT THE RUNWAY EDGE JUST PAST TAXIWAY B1. INITIAL ON-SCENE INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND A LOCAL MECHANIC REVEALED THAT THE NOSE GEAR AND RIGHT MAIN GEAR WERE FULLY EXTENDED, BOTH INBOARD MLG DOORS WERE IN THE CLOSED POSITION, AND THE COCKPIT CONTROL WAS IN THE DOWN POSITION. PRELIMINARY ON-SITE EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE BY THE FAA IIC AFTER REMOVAL FROM THE RUNWAY REVEALED WHAT APPEARED TO BE OVERSTRESS FAILURES ON THE LEFT MLG EXTENSION/RETRACTION BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY AND THE GEAR STRUT TRUNNION: THE BELLCRANK ROD END AT THE DOWN-LOCK SUPPORT BRACE WAS BENT INBOARD AND SEPARATED INTO TWO PIECES, A BELLCRANK PIVOT ATTACH POINT BOLT HAD FRACTURED AND SEPARATED FROM THE TOP OF THE MLG TRUNNION, AND THE LOWER PART OF ONE OF THE TRUNNION ATTACHMENT "EARS" WAS PARTIALLY MISSING. UNAIDED VISUAL EXAMINATION OF THE FRACTURE SURFACES REVEALED FEATURES TYPICAL OF AN INSTANTANEOUS (OVERLOAD) FAILURE MODE, INCLUDING A DULL, FIBROUS FRACTURE TEXTURE, SHAPE CHANGE, AND SHEAR LIPS.

## Other reports on N222PR (3)

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

- [Incident 19961024037899I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19961024037899I), Oct 24, 1996: Cessna 414 (N222PR), Waco, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: during final approach to landing at Waco, TX pilot was distracted by malfunctioning auto pilot. Pilot forgot to extend the landing gear. Both…
- [Incident 19900415018569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900415018569I), Apr 15, 1990: Cessna 414 (N222PR), Ruston, LA, Minor damage. Left gear collapsed on rollout. Veered off runway and stopped on grass next to taxiway.
- [Incident 19871010063809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19871010063809I), Oct 10, 1987: Cessna 414 (N222PR), Butler, PA, Minor damage. Pilot failed to extend the gear for landing. Landed gear up. Medical expired.

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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