# Accident 20140320004709A: Cessna 421B, Charleston, SC, March 20, 2014

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 20, 2014, 12:03 local time
- Place: Charleston, SC
- Airport: Charleston Afb/International
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8986° N, 80.0403° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8986&lon=-80.0403&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5929M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5929M-2016-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR GTSIO-520-C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,760 total, 1,618 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA14LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140320004709A

## Narrative

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

ON LANDING THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TRUNNION FAILED AT THE FORWARD DOWN LOCK BELLCRANK ATTACH POINT.

## 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 ERA14LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14LA170), Mar 20, 2014: Cessna 421 (N5929M), Charleston, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate maintenance, which resulted in the collapse of the right main landing gear during landing.

## Other reports on N5929M (1)

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

- [Incident 20111018025609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111018025609I), Oct 18, 2011: Cessna 421B (N5929M), Columbia, SC, Minor damage. Upon landing the aircraft tire blew. The aircraft nose fairing and landing light sustained minor damage. No injuries.

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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