# Accident 20160127001859A: Cessna 340A, Bakersfield, CA, January 27, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 27, 2016, 09:54 local time
- Place: Bakersfield, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.4336° N, 119.0544° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.4336&lon=-119.0544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N346MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N346MC) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 4,600 total, 600 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA058) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160127001859A

## Narrative

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

UPON ARRIVAL AT BAKERSFIELD (BFL), ON LEFT BASE THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SHOWED AN UNSAFE INDICATION. THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED AND THE RED UNSAFE GEAR LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE TOWER WAS ADVISED OF THE SITUATION. A FLYBY WAS CONDUCTED. THE TOWER STATED THE GEAR APPEARS TO BE IN THE DOWN POSITON. THE PILOT ELECTED TO DEPART THE PATTERN AND PERFORM A MANUAL GEAR EXTENSION WHICH RESULTED IN THE SAME INDICATIONS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CLEARED TO LAND ON 30R. ON LANDING ROLLOUT THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE RUNWAY SIDE OF THE TAIXWAY HOLD LINE.

## 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 WPR16LA058](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA058), Jan 27, 2016: Cessna 340A (N346MC), Bakersfield, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: Maintenance personnel’s repeated failure to re-rig the main landing gear (MLG) in accordance with the airplane manufacturer's service manual requirements, which resulted in the collapse of the right…

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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