# Accident 20160708025359A: Cessna 140, Salinas, CA, July 8, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 2016, 16:04 local time
- Place: Salinas, CA
- Airport: Salinas Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6628° N, 121.6064° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6628&lon=-121.6064&mi=10
- Aircraft: N89965, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N89965) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140 (registry code 2071602, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR C85 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR16LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA139) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160708025359A

## Narrative

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

SALINAS, CA (SNS), N89965, C140, PILOT LANDED AND WAS TAXING WESTBOUND ON RUNWAY 26, WHEN HIS LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED.  THE PILOT STATED HE WAS ON LANDING ROLL OUT WHEN THE LEFT GEAR SLOWLY COLLAPSED UP AND AFT INTO THE FUSELAGE.

## 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 WPR16LA139](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR16LA139), Jul 8, 2016: Cessna 140 (N89965), Salinas, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The fatigue failure of a bulkhead-skin joint that supported the main landing gear leg, which resulted in the collapse of the left main landing gear. Contributing to the failure were the non-original…

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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