# Incident 20100105025639I: Cessna 340A, Hays, KS, January 5, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 2010, 21:39 local time
- Place: Hays, KS
- Airport: Hays Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.8422° N, 99.2732° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at HAYS RGNL (HYS), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.8422&lon=-99.2732&mi=10
- Aircraft: N500CT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N500CT) (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
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR TSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 2,728 total, 1,061 in this make and model, 44 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100105025639I

## Narrative

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

AT APPROXIMATELY 2115 LOCAL TIME, THE AIRCRAFT MADE AN ILS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 34 AT HAYS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (HYS). THE PILOT VERIFIED THAT ALL THREE LANDING GEAR INDICATOR LIGHTS INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED (GREEN INDICATOR LIGHTS).  SHORTLY AFTER TOUCH DOWN, THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STARTED TO DROP AND THE PASSENGER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT LANDING GEAR GREEN INDICATOR LIGHT WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED.   THE AIRCRAFT LEFT WING SETTLED TO THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED THE RUNWAY ON THE LEFT SIDE.  AFTER THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED, THE PILOT AND THE PASSENGER EXITED THE AIRCRAFT AND NOTIFIED FLIGHT SERVICE THAT THE RUNWAY WAS CLOSED.

## Other reports on N500CT (1)

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

- [Incident 20200207000139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200207000139I), Feb 7, 2020: Cessna 340A (N500CT), Scott City, KS, Minor damage. The operator's chief pilot informed the poi that one of their aircraft had experienced a possible inflight collision with an unknown object. The aircraft was…

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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