- Date
- January 24, 1991, 09:10 local (15:10 UTC)
- Place
- Middleton, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4112TCessna 320
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910124000919A
- Case key
- 14995
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Probable cause
The main landing gear collapsed during landing rollout due to extreme cold temperatures. A factor related to the accident was a snowbank adjacent to the runway.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot said that after takeoff he failed to get a gear up and locked indication. After unsuccessful attempts to lower the gear, he elected to return for landing. A fly-by was executed for verification of a gear down extension. During the landing roll, the right main gear collapsed followed by the left. The nose gear remained extended. The aircraft veered off the runway into a snow bank and sustained substantial damage. Post accident investigation failed to reveal a mechanical cause of the gear malfunction. The outside air temperature was about zero f. and had been as low as 10 degrees below prior to the accident, which could contribute to gear retraction malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4112T
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320D0012
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-B, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Gregory D. Held
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000
- Destination
- TOP · Topeka, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- C29 · Morey, runway 3, 2,970 × 38 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
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,791 total · 75 in this make and model · 1,780 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Observed at
- MSN, 5 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.