# Accident 20110314011849A: Cessna 414, Ronkonkoma, NY, March 14, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 14, 2011, 11:54 local time
- Place: Ronkonkoma, NY
- Airport: Li Macarthur
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7953° N, 73.1003° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7953&lon=-73.1003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N40NY, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N40NY) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA191) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110314011849A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 14, 2011 AT APPROXIMATELY 1150 AM LOCAL TIME. AIRCRAFT N40NY A CESSNA 414 AIRCRAFT HAD A GEAR COLLAPSE ON RUNWAY 06 AT LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT JUST AFTER TOUCHDOWN. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OF THE RUNWAY INTO A RUNWAY DIRECTION SIGN DAMAGING THE FRONT NOSE GEAR AND DAMAGE TO LEFT FRONT SIDE OF THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT. INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED THAT A PIECE OF THE UPPER LANDING GEAR CASTING HAD BROKE AWAY. WHEN THIS CASTING BROKE AWAY IT CAUSED THE OVER CENTER LINK TO RELAX AND THE RIGHT GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT MECHANICALLY. THERE WERE TWO SOLES ON AIRCRAFT NO INJURIES REPORTED. AN INVESTIGATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED ON THE MAINTENANCE MANUALS AND IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THIS GEAR WAS JUST REPLACED ON MARCH 1,2011. THE UPPER STRUT WAS PURCHASED FROM THE AVIATION GROUP WHO RETURNED THE UNIT TO SERVICE BY PERFORMING AN INSPECTION INCLUDING NDT OF THE STRUT ASSY. AN INVESTIGATION WITH ALL MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE INSTALLATION WAS PERFORMED. THIS OFFICE HAS FOUND NO FAULT IN THE INSTALLATION OF THE GEAR. ON APRIL 18, 2011 THE UPPER GEAR ASSEMBLY WAS SENT TO WASHINGTON DC FOR METALLURGY INSPECTION BY THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD. THIS OFFICE HAS FOUND NO FAULT IN THE PILOTING OF THE AIRCRAFT OR THE MAINTENANCE PERFORMED. NO FURTHER ACTION REQUIRED AT THIS TIME .

## 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 ERA11LA191](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11LA191), Mar 14, 2011: Cessna 414 (N40NY), New York, NY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The improper rigging of the right main landing gear, which resulted in ovestress fractures of a bolt and aft lug on the trunnion assembly.

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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