# NTSB CHI86LA082: Cessna 340R, N3849G, Galesburg, IL, February 5, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 5, 1986, 10:11 local (16:11 UTC)
- Place: Galesburg, IL
- Coordinates: 40.950229, -90.369148 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9502&lon=-90.3691&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 5 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13420
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA082
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13420/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA082

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - icy (contributing factor)
  - weather evaluation - not understood, pilot in command (cause)
  - unsafe/hazardous condition warning - inaccurate, fbo personnel (contributing factor)
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT WAS DIVERTING INTO GALESBURG DUE TO BAD WEATHER AT HIS ORIGINAL DESTINATION. FOLLOWING AN ILS APPROACH AT GALESBURG HE SPOTTED THE RUNWAY AT '200 FT PLUS' OFF TO HIS RIGHT. HE THEN 'SIDE-STEPPED' TO THE RIGHT BUT TOUCHED DOWN IN A CRABBED ANGLE. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO GO AROUND BUT AS HE WAS APPLYING POWER THE AIRCRAFT WAS SETTLING TO THE RUNWAY ON COLLAPSED LANDING GEAR.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3849G (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 340R
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 340A0207
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TSIO-520-N 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, October 1, 1985
- Departed: DPA, WEST CHICAGO, IL
- Flight plan: IFR
- Airport: GBG, Galesburg Municipal, runway 2, 5,793 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; commercial; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, unknown; seat: left; flight hours: 6,000 total, 600 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days, 3 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Instrument (IMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 36 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: GBG, 1 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 19860205002249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860205002249A), Feb 5, 1986: Cessna 340A, Galesburg, IL, Substantial damage. Broke out at minimums, misaligned with runway. Side stepped to runway, landed in a crab,and collapsed landing gear.

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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