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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340CESSNA · Elizabethtown, NC · May 8, 2005

Date: May 8, 2005 · 11:30 local
Place: Elizabethtown, NC
Airport: Curtis L Brown Jr Field Airport
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N7684Q
Reported as: Cessna 340CESSNA
Reported engine: Continental TSIO520K
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 2,724 total8 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) On approach to the runway for landing the landing gear was selected down. The left main landing gear light remianed illuminated. A low pass was accomplished in order for ground personnel to see if the landing gear was properly extended. Ground personnel advised the pilot that the landing gear appeared to be down and locked. The pilot then made a landing. Approximately 200-300 ft after touchdown the left main landing gear folded. The aircraft slid off the runway to the left. The pilot and passenger safely egressed the aircraft with no injuries.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY FOR LANDING THE LANDING GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN. THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR LIGHT REMIANED ILLUMINATED. A LOW PASS WAS ACCOMPLISHED IN ORDER FOR GROUND PERSONNEL TO SEE IF THE LANDING GEAR WAS PROPERLY EXTENDED. GROUND PERSONNEL ADVISED THE PILOT THAT THE LANDING GEAR APPEARED TO BE DOWN AND LOCKED. THE PILOT THEN MADE A LANDING. APPROXIMATELY 200-300 FT AFTER TOUCHDOWN THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR FOLDED. THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER SAFELY EGRESSED THE AIRCRAFT WITH NO INJURIES.