- Date
- December 23, 1982, 16:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Payne, AL
- Injuries
- 6 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3380QCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 23, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821223066799A
- Case key
- 70709
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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.
Analysis
During landing the right main landing gear scissors bolt & bushing pulled through the scissors mount hole allowing the landing gear to rotate 90 deg. An incorrect washer (standard 5/16 in) had been installed in the scissors assembly duringrecent maintenance. Cessna parts manual calls for AN960-5/16 washer.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3380Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0264
- Airframe hours
- 1,885
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Truman Hicks Leasing
- Registered owner
- Truman Hicks Leasing
- Departed
- Chanute, KS
- Destination
- Fort Payne, AL
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- 4A9 · Isbell Field, runway 22, 3,800 × 100 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,851 total · 150 in this make and model · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 130° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 149 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3380Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.