- Date
- September 30, 1983, 07:15 local (12:15 UTC)
- Place
- Frankfort, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6208QCessna 401A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830930072829I
- Case key
- 12058
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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.
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear attachment - failure,totalCause
Maintenance,service of aircraft/equipment - improperCause
Analysis
The right main landing gear collapsed during landing roll-the right main landing gear bellcrank was found to have failed in instantaneous overload. The rigging of main gear was improper.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6208Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 401A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401A0008
- Airframe hours
- 3,400
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Bowman Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 3, 1983 · 84 hours before
- Departed
- SMD · Ft. Wayne, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- C18 · Frankfort, runway 27, 3,200 × 50 ft, asphalt
N6208QRegistration cancelled Jun 24, 2014 · Cessna 401AAirframe modelCessna 401AEngine modelContinental IO-520 series
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
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,334 total · 65 in this make and model · 2,211 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.