- Date
- December 12, 2023, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7067WCessna 340A
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Sys/Comp malf/fail (non-power)
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20231212020449A
- Case key
- 193521
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The improper maintenance of the main landing gear, which resulted in a collapse and overstress failure of the left main landing gear during landing.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that the airplane touched down on the left and right main landing gear wheels. A few seconds later, the pilot felt that something failed on the left main landing gear, and the left wing began to drop to the runway. The left wing contacted the runway, and the pilot attempted to maintain directional control. Subsequently, the airplane exited the runway surface, which resulted in substantial damage to the left wing, left aileron, and horizontal stabilizer. Maintenance records revealed the main landing gear were overhauled about two months prior to the accident. The pilot reported he had completed about 8 to 10 takeoffs and landings during those two months. Postaccident examination revealed the main landing gear system was improperly rigged and the improper installation of hardware which resulted in the overstress failure of the left main landing gear system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7067W
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A-1528
- Built
- 1982
- Airframe hours
- 2,406
- Engines
- Continenal TSIO-520-NB, 335 horsepower, reciprocatingContinenal TSIO-520-NB, 335 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 2023
- Departed
- Naples, FL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- NEW · Lakefront, runway 18R/36L, 6,879 × 150 ft, asphalt
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Electronic multifunction display, Stall warning system, ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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
- 38
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- May 16, 2023
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 1,056 total · 249 in this make and model · 855 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.42 inHg
- Observed at
- KNEW
- METAR
- KNEW 121853Z 07010KT 10SM CLR 16/02 A3042 RMK AO2 SLP295 T01560022
Docket · 6
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 1, 2024, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 8.2 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.