# Accident 20130501006279A: Cessna 421A, Oakland, CA, May 1, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 2013, 14:45 local time
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7269° N, 122.2117° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7269&lon=-122.2117&mi=10
- Aircraft: N216WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N216WA-2018-02-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520 series (registry code 17046, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520 SER
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 5,700 total, 185 in this make and model, 52 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR13LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130501006279A

## Narrative

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

CESSNA N216WA S/N 421A-0032.

PIC - ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRMAN REPORTED THE INTENDED FLIGHT WAS TO MAINTAIN IFR CURRENCY. AIRCRAFT OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ACTING AS SAFETY PILOT WHILE UNDER THE HOOD. SEVERAL SUCESSFUL APPROACHES WERE COMPELTED UNTIL THE FINAL LANDING IN OAK RWY 27R. BOTH PILOTS CONFIRMED 3 GREEN GEAR ANNUNCIATIONS DURING APPROACH. LANDING WAS NORMAL AND UNEVENTFUL UNTIL ROLLOUT WHEN LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO SKID TO THE LEFT COMING TO A STOP IN THE DIRT AT TAXIWAY KILO.

THERE WAS NO PRE OR POST LANDING FIRE AND NO INJURIES.

UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT THE FOLLOWING DAMAGE WAS NOTED:

MULTIPLE HOLES, SCRAPES AND DENTS IN THE LEFT WING, AILERON AND FLAPS.

LEFT WING LEADING EDGE SPAR WAS BENT AND BROKEN FROM IMPACT WITH A POLE IN THE DIRT AT TAXIWAY KILO.

THE LEFT BELLCRANK PIVOT BOLT SHEARED.

LEFT STRUT BELLCRANK ATTACH CLEVIS FWD EAR BROKEN.

BELLCRANK CLEVIS CASTING AT SIDE BRACE LOCK LINK HAS ONE SIDE BROKEN OFF.

THE LAST ANNUAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED 1/23/2013.

THE PROBLEM IS A REPEAT DISCREPANCY FROM 6/2006

SDR FAA REPORT # 2006062700332

## 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 WPR13LA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR13LA214), May 1, 2013: Cessna 421A (N216WA), Oakland, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A failure of the left main landing gear pivot bolt in overstress during landing.

## Other reports on N216WA (1)

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

- [Incident 20060620015239I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060620015239I), Jun 20, 2006: Cessna 421A (N216WA), Columbus, OH, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft N216WA was cleared to land on runway 28L at cmh. On landing rollout, PIC stated the left wing started to settle and dip. The left main gear…

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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