- Date
- January 6, 1989, 18:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Romeo, MI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N9890CCessna T303
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed · report July 22, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890106000399A
- Case key
- 14321
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Probable cause
The failure of the left main landing gear assembly due to stress corrosion.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilots stated that the en route flight and approach to landing were routine. After touchdown, as the aircraft settled to the ground, the left wing dropped and the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway. Post-accident examination revealed that the left main landing gear assembly had failed due to stress corrosion. The aircraft had 495 hours total time, with 45 hours since the most recent annual inspection, which occurred in June 1988.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9890C
- Reported as
- Cessna T303
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T30300229
- Airframe hours
- 495
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 250 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William G. Mcharg
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1988 · 45 hours before
- Departed
- AZO · Kalamazoo, MI
- Destination
- D98 · Romeo, MI
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- D98 · Romeo, runway 36, 4,170 × 50 ft, asphalt
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
- 48
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Right
- Flight hours
- 3,266 total · 33 in this make and model · 3,011 as pilot in command · 116 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 360° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.