# NTSB investigations: Cessna 340A: Main gear collapsed

NTSB aviation accident and incident investigations since 1962: the probable cause, findings, aircraft, crew, weather and docket of each, linked to the FAA registry and the FAA’s own reports.

## Latest cases

- [NTSB MIA05LA018](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA05LA018.md): Cessna 340A-RAM VI · Pensacola, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Oct 31, 2004 · N340BK · Substantial damage
  > The left landing gear collapsing due to the actuator separating for undetermined reasons.
- [NTSB LAX02LA142](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX02LA142.md): Cessna 340A · Lancaster, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Apr 23, 2002 · N6304X · Substantial damage
  > The collapse of the right main landing gear as a result of a malfunctioning microswitch.
- [NTSB LAX92LA138](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX92LA138.md): Cessna 340A · Long Beach, CA · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Mar 12, 1992 · N1362C · Substantial damage
  > The fatigue failure of the left main landing gear down lock bell crank pivot bolt.
- [NTSB MIA89LA085](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA89LA085.md): Cessna 340A · Jacksonville, FL · Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report · Feb 14, 1989 · N5454X · Substantial damage
  > Seizure of the right main landing gear upper downlock top bushing, and the failure of other maintenance personnel to properly rig the landing gear down light micro switches.

## The whole list in SQL

Runs in DuckDB 1.2 or later on the release's Parquet files over HTTPS:

```sql
SELECT c."ntsbNumber", c."eventDate", c."eventType", c."eventCity", c."eventStateOrRegion", a.n_number, a."aircraftMake", a."aircraftModel", c."highestInjuryLevel", c."totalFatal", c."completionStatus", c.report_url
FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c."mKey" AND a.position = 1
WHERE c."mKey" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('2076405', '2073325')
    AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o."occurrenceNumber" = 1 AND o."occurrenceCode" = 191))
ORDER BY c."eventDate" DESC, c."ntsbNumber" DESC
```

This list as a web page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb?model=2076405&occurrence=191

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