20070413006129A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 320C · Mc Kinney, TX · April 13, 2007

Date
April 13, 2007 · 14:59 local
Place
Mc Kinney, TX
Airport
Mc Kinney Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3022T
NTSB investigation
NTSBDFW07CA091
Reported as
Cessna 320C
Reported engine
Continental TSIO470D
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7 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) At 1459 local, N3022T was cleared for touch and gos on R17 (gear down and locked and green, nose wheel down, normal in mirror). After touch down PIC announced he would retract flaps, prior to flaps retracting, of which they did not, PIC announced something was wrong with the aircraft. The aircraft started to swerve right. Both pilots got on the controls, left aileron and rudder was applied with full left brake, the aircraft started to depart the runway to the southwest. As the aircraft left the runway, the right main gear began to collapse slowly. The aircraft came to rest in between R17 and the taxiway. Aircraft came to rest on right collapsed gear and right wing. The aircraft facing approximately 270 degrees.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AT 1459 LOCAL, N3022T WAS CLEARED FOR TOUCH AND GOS ON R17 (GEAR DOWN AND LOCKED AND GREEN, NOSE WHEEL DOWN, NORMAL IN MIRROR). AFTER TOUCH DOWN PIC ANNOUNCED HE WOULD RETRACT FLAPS, PRIOR TO FLAPS RETRACTING, OF WHICH THEY DID NOT, PIC ANNOUNCED SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SWERVE RIGHT. BOTH PILOTS GOT ON THE CONTROLS, LEFT AILERON AND RUDDER WAS APPLIED WITH FULL LEFT BRAKE, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO DEPART THE RUNWAY TO THE SOUTHWEST. AS THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR BEGAN TO COLLAPSE SLOWLY. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN BETWEEN R17 AND THE TAXIWAY. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON RIGHT COLLAPSED GEAR AND RIGHT WING. THE AIRCRAFT FACING APPROXIMATELY 270 DEGREES.

NTSB investigation

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