- Date
- December 26, 1981
- Place
- Dallas, TX · DALLAS, TX
- Injuries
- 5 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5943MCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report January 21, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811226084109A
- Case key
- 122953
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3022 81/12/26 DALLAS,TX CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 1676 TIME - 1250 N5943M PX- 0 0 4 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 6 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOUSTON,TX DALLAS,TX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT REMARKS- L GEAR COLLAPSED FOR UNKN RSN.FOUND DRAG OVR-CTR LOCK RIGGED W INSUFFICIENT PRELOAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5943M
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Love
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N5943M · 1
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