- Date
- October 10, 1991, 13:31 local (17:31 UTC)
- Place
- Battle Creek, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N100CACessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 14, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911010047359A
- Case key
- 15332
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Probable cause
The total failure of the right main landing gear's downlock link assembly.
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
At the completion of its landing roll the medium sized twin engined airline began a lefthand 180 degree turn on the runway for the purpose of back taxiing. The pilot stated he had added power on the right engine to aid him perform the turn. During this turn the right main landing gear collapsed. An on scene investigation revealed that the right main landing gear downlock link had failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N100CA
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0503
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Aviation Specialist, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Cade L. Havard
- Departed
- GRR · Grand Rapids, MI
- Airport
- BTL · W.K. Kellogg, runway 23, 10,000 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 22,580 total · 550 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- BTL, 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.