- Date
- April 19, 1985, 11:25 local (17:25 UTC)
- Place
- Amarillo, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3380QCessna 421B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850419013629A
- Case key
- 21862
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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
The acft ground looped following a collapse of the left main gear after a landing roll of aprx 600 to 700 ft. post accident inspection of the gear revealed a bolt had backed out of the gear down lock arm where it locks overcenter.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3380Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421B0264
- Airframe hours
- 2,480
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-H, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Executive/Corporate · Part 91
- Operator
- Cornish Wireline Service
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 27, 1985 · 54 hours before
- Departed
- PPA · Pampa, TX
- Destination
- TOW · Amarillo, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- TDW · Tradewind, runway 23, 2,730 × 55 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
- 40
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 18,000 total · 1,000 in this make and model · 16,070 as pilot in command · 118 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 30 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
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 N3380Q · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.