- Date
- May 21, 1973
- Place
- Crystal Lake, IL · CRYSTAL LAKE, IL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N354WPCessna 421
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730521012849A
- Case key
- 190290
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1510 73/5/21 CRYSTAL LAKE,ILL CESSNA 421 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1840 N354WP PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 29, 4884 TOTAL HOURS, 405 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CRYSTAL LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHICAGO,ILL CRYSTAL LAKE,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L TRUNION ASSEMBLY 5041102-1,END FITTING BRACE LOCK 0841101 AND BOLT SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N354WP
- Reported as
- Cessna 421
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Crystal Lake
N354WPRegistration cancelled Aug 13, 2013 · Cessna 421Airframe modelCessna 421Engine modelContinental IO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.