- Date
- February 8, 1986, 22:05 local (Feb 9, 1986, 04:05 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N777CSCessna 401B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860208002349A
- Case key
- 13422
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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.
Analysis
While taxiing to park, the left main landing gear collapsed. Investigation revealed that the left hand gear support had torn from the wing rib to which it was bolted. On the FAA malfunction or defect report submitted by the operator, company officials stated that it appeared that the gear had a heavy side load placed upon it at some unknown time. The pilot stated that the landing prior to the accident was normal.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N777CS
- Reported as
- Cessna 401B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-0152
- Airframe hours
- 5,469
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Midwest Aviation Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · January 23, 1986 · 26 hours before
- Departed
- GRB · Green Bay, WI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- MKE · Mitchell Field
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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,728 total · 66 in this make and model · 1,614 as pilot in command · 209 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 310° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 19 °F
- 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.
Other investigations on N777CS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.