# Incident 20250131000989I: Cessna C340, New Iberia, LA, January 31, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 2025, 14:25 local time
- Place: New Iberia, LA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.0055° N, 91.8203° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Iberia, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.0055&lon=-91.8203&mi=10
- Aircraft: N128MC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N128MC) (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 C340
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250131000989I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXING FOR TAKE OFF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INVESTIGATION DISCOVERED A BROKEN BOLT ON THE LANDING GEAR LOCKDOWN STRUT.

## Other reports on N128MC (1)

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

- [Incident 19870216009569I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870216009569I), Feb 16, 1987: Cessna 340A (N128MC), Austin, TX, Minor damage. Unusual sound as gear was retracted. Diverted and gear collapsed on touchdown. Push pull rod end broken.

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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