- Date
- September 19, 1983, 14:48 local (18:48 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N401HWCessna 401A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830919050309A
- Case key
- 6209
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The left landing gear collapsed on the acft as it was being taxied into the ramp. After turning left into the hub area the landing gear horn sounded and the left gear collapsed, according to the plt. A flt instructor who witnessed the accident said the ACFT'3 taxi speed seemed excessive. He said he saw the gear bending excessively before the collapse. During inspection by a FAA inspector the gear reportedly showed evidence of having been subjected to heavy sideloading as it might in a left turn.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N401HW
- Reported as
- Cessna 401A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401A-0045
- Airframe hours
- 4,442
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E9, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Tarco,Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 20, 1983 · 99 hours before
- Departed
- 2A4 · Washington, GA
- Destination
- EQY
- Airport
- EQY · Monroe, runway 23, 4,100 × 75 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
- 30
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,359 total · 905 in this make and model · 133 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 19 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.