- Date
- August 19, 1988, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ennis, MT
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6132RCessna T210F
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880819035069A
- Case key
- 17530
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
While on a landing rollout, the left main gear strut failed & separated from the acft. The plt said he held the acft straight for about 600 ft, then it veered to the left & went off the rwy. Subsequently, the left wing & left horizontal stabilizer were damaged. Metallurgical exam of the strut revealed the strut had failed in an area that had been repaired after previous damage. The previous damage had the appearance of being caused by electrical arcing. The strut surface had been reworked & repainted. Cracks were found with origins in the brittle, rehardened area of the strut. No entry was found in the acft logbook or maintenance records concerning such repair of the landing gear strut.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6132R
- Reported as
- Cessna T210F
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T210-0032
- Airframe hours
- 3,850
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-C, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- St Amand, Pierre
- Registered owner
- Pierre Saint-Amand
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1988 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- FAT · Fresno, CA
- Destination
- 5U3
- Airport
- 5U3 · Big Sky, runway 18, 5,200 × 125 ft, dirt
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
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 4,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.