- Date
- January 4, 1997, 13:00 local (20:00 UTC)
- Place
- Albuquerque, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3799VCessna 140A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1997
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19970104000409A
- Case key
- 20138
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Probable cause
The fracture of the right main landing gear for an undetermined reason.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
According to the pilot, during the landing roll following a 'normal landing,' the right main landing gear 'broke at [the] midpoint.' The remaining piece of the landing gear then 'pulled out at the root.' Examination of the landing gear by the owner 'showed a crack from the leading edge to the step bolt hole.'
Factual narrative
On January 4, 1997, at 1300 mountain standard time, a Cessna 140A, N3799V, registered to and operated by a private owner, was substantially damaged when the right main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll at the Double Eagle II Airport near Albuquerque, New Mexico. The private pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the Title 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight. A flight plan was not filed for the local flight that originated 15 minutes before the accident.
According to the pilot, during the landing roll following a "normal landing," the right main landing gear "broke at [the] midpoint." The remaining piece of the landing gear then "pulled out at the root." The right wing and fuselage sustained structural damage. Examination of the landing gear by the owner "showed a crack from the leading edge to the step bolt hole."
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3799V
- Reported as
- Cessna 140A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 15220
- Airframe hours
- 4,200
- Engine
- Continental C-90, 90 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul W. Werner
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 18, 1996 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- 4AC · NM
- Destination
- AEG
- Airport
- AEG · Double Eagle II, runway 35, 6,000 × 100 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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,308 total · 21 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 10 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 36 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.