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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 401A · Huntsville, AL · March 15, 2018

Date: March 15, 2018 · 12:47 local
Place: Huntsville, AL
Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6276Q
Reported as: Cessna 401A
Reported engine: Continental IO-520 series
People aboard: 3
Fatal injuries: 0
Other injuries: 0
Pilot’s certificate: Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours: 991 total7 in this make and model200 in the last 90 days

N6276QRegistration cancelled Sep 6, 2019 · Cessna 401AS/N 401A0076 · Built 1969 Airframe modelCessna 401A Engine modelContinental IO-520 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

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03/15/2018 - N6276Q landed on runway 18L at hsv at 1247 local time.

Both pilots stated the landing gear was checked three seperate times prior to landing and the lights indicated the gear was down and locked.

The aircraft touched down at approximately 15OO ft. on roll out, at 2200 ft, the left main landing gear collapsed. Both the left wing and the propeller on the left engine made contact with the runway.

N6276Q veared off the runway and came to rest in the grass just prior to taxiway C-3.

Upon investigation, it was discovered a bolt had sheared which had attached the left main landing gear bellcrank to the top of the left main landing gear. Thus causing the upper and lower sidelink assemblies to collapse.

As the FAA filed it

03/15/2018 - N6276Q LANDED ON RUNWAY 18L AT HSV AT 1247 LOCAL TIME.

BOTH PILOTS STATED THE LANDING GEAR WAS CHECKED THREE SEPERATE TIMES PRIOR TO LANDING AND THE LIGHTS INDICATED THE GEAR WAS DOWN AND LOCKED.

THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 15OO FT. ON ROLL OUT, AT 2200 FT, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. BOTH THE LEFT WING AND THE PROPELLER ON THE LEFT ENGINE MADE CONTACT WITH THE RUNWAY.

N6276Q VEARED OFF THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO REST IN THE GRASS JUST PRIOR TO TAXIWAY C-3.

UPON INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DISCOVERED A BOLT HAD SHEARED WHICH HAD ATTACHED THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR BELLCRANK TO THE TOP OF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THUS CAUSING THE UPPER AND LOWER SIDELINK ASSEMBLIES TO COLLAPSE.