- Date
- August 19, 1985, 12:24 local (20:24 UTC)
- Place
- Northway, AK
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- CFTFSCessna 210
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Alaska Regional Office
- Case key
- 4547
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Gear collapsed
Landing gear,gear locking mechanism - improper
Maintenance - improperCause
Analysis
The right main gear collapsed during landing. Post accident examination of the landing gear disclosed the rear door actuator rod failed and the gear door was bent. The right hand main gear downlock failed in an area which appeared to have been previously welded.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CFTFS
- Reported as
- Cessna 210
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 57176
- Airframe hours
- 3,195
- Engine
- Continental O-470-3, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Beat Joseph Ledergerber
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Unknown · September 15, 1984 · 0 hours before
- Departed
- 6K8 · Tok, AK
- Destination
- ORT · Northway, AK
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- ORT · Northway, runway 22, 5,130 × 100 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ORT, 1 nm away