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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 340A · Litchfield, MN · February 11, 2014

Date
February 11, 2014 · 11:00 local
Place
Litchfield, MN
Phase of flight
Landing: Rollout
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N234PS
Reported as
Cessna 340A
Reported engine
Continental TSIO-520 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
2,407 total800 in this make and model25 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.

During the landing rollout, the left main gear collapsed underneath the arcraft causing it to veer left and depart the paved runway surface. The aircraft impacted the snowy area at low speed and sustained minor damage to the left wing, left main gear, left propeller, and left engine.

As the FAA filed it

DURING THE LANDING ROLLOUT, THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED UNDERNEATH THE ARCRAFT CAUSING IT TO VEER LEFT AND DEPART THE PAVED RUNWAY SURFACE. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SNOWY AREA AT LOW SPEED AND SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING, LEFT MAIN GEAR, LEFT PROPELLER, AND LEFT ENGINE.