# Incident 20241020017659I: Cessna 340A, West Field, MA, October 20, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 20, 2024, 12:00 local time
- Place: West Field, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N774DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N774DC) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241020017659I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT DEPARTED AIRPORT GBR AND UPON LANDING GEAR RETRACTION, PILOT NOTICED UNUSUAL SOUND AND GEAR LIGHT INDICATIONS. PILOT CHOSE TO RECYCLE THE LANDING GEAR WITH THE SAME INDICATIONS. THE PILOT CHOSE TO DEVIATE TO KBAF AIRPORT AND PERFORMED A COUPLE OF FLYBYS SO KBAF TOWER COULD OBSERVE IF ALL LANDING GEAR WERE DOWN. TOWER ADVISED IT APPEARED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS NOT DOWN AND LOCKED. PILOT ADVISED TOWER HE WOULD LIKE TO LAND AND TOWER ADVISED THE APPROPRIATE CRASH RESCUE, AIRPORT MANAGER, ETC. AIRCRAFT LANDED WITHOUT INJURIES BUT MAJOR DAMAGE.

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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