- Date
- July 14, 1989, 14:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Pontiac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2706TCessna 335
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 25, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890714022559A
- Case key
- 14382
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Failure of the right main landing gear extension/retraction component resulting from unacceptable loads incurred due to improper adjustment.
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.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,totalCause
Maintenance,adjustment - improperCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2706T
- Reported as
- Cessna 335
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3350017
- Airframe hours
- 1,066
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-EB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Robert Byrne
- Registered owner
- Robert F Byrne
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 9, 1988 · 92 hours before
- Departed
- DET · Detroit, MI
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- PTK · Oakland Pontiac, runway 27L, 6,250 × 150 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
- 67
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 1,052 in this make and model · 3,900 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PTK
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.