# Accident 20060705016409A: Cessna 340A, San Antonio, TX, July 5, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 5, 2006, 08:52 local time
- Place: San Antonio, TX
- Airport: San Antonio International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.5336° N, 98.4686° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5336&lon=-98.4686&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2745F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2745F) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW06CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA175) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060705016409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 5, 2006, CESSNA 340, N2745F WAS FLOWN FROM WEST HOUSTON AIRPORT TO SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. ON FINAL APPROACH TO RUNWAY 12R, THE PILOT IN COMMAND, LOWERED THE LANDING GEAR, AND OBSERVED THREE GREEN GEAR DOWN LIGHTS. UPON LANDING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED, AND THE AIRCRAFT SLID OFF THE RUNWAY. THE PILOT IN COMMAND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR SYSTEM HAD RECENTLY BEEN WORKED ON. DURING THE INVESTIGATION IT WAS FOUND THAT AN UNCALIBRATED SCALE WAS USED TO MAINTAIN THE LANDING GEAR.

## 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 DFW06CA175](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW06CA175), Jul 5, 2006: Cessna C340A (N2745F), San Antonio, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The collapse of the left main landing gear as result of the failure of the gear pivot bolt 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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