# NTSB ATL83LA373: Cessna 401A, N401HW, Monroe, NC, September 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 19, 1983, 14:48 local (18:48 UTC)
- Place: Monroe, NC
- Coordinates: 35.069934, -80.519302 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.0699&lon=-80.5193&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6209
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL83LA373
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6209/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL83LA373

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, taxi - from landing
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - overload (contributing factor)
  - airspeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N401HW-2014-10-06), registration cancelled 2014-10-06, S/N 401A0045, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401A
- Registry model: [Cessna 401A](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (registry code 207590D) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental GTSIO-520-C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (registry code 17035, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 401A-0045
- Airframe hours: 4442
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 30; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830919050309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830919050309A), Sep 19, 1983: Cessna 401A, Monroe, NC, Substantial damage. Landing gear collapsed during taxi to ramp after landing. Witness said pilot was taxiing and turning fast.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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