# NTSB LAX82FA250: Cessna 414, N46TA, Burbank, CA, July 8, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 8, 1982, 14:27 local (21:27 UTC)
- Place: Burbank, CA
- Coordinates: 34.169399, -118.339187 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1694&lon=-118.3392&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report July 8, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70083
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX82FA250
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70083/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX82FA250

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear attachment - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

THE LEFT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING ROLL. A RETRACTION TEST OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND A CHOCK OF THE DOWNLOCKTENSION COULD NOT BE MADE DUE TO EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N46TA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N46TA-2023-08-10), registration cancelled 2023-08-10, S/N 414-0466, built 1972 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- Registry model: [Cessna 414](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (registry code 2075908) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [TCM Cont TSIO-520 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/tcm-cont-tsio-520-series) (registry code 17060, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 4140466
- Airframe hours: 1774
- Engines: CONTINENTAL TIO-520-4 300 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Robert L. Miller
- Registered owner: Robert L. Miller
- Departed: LAS
- Flight plan: VFR
- Airport: BUR, Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena, runway 7, 6,074 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 3,800 total, 430 in this make and model, 3,600 as pilot in command, 38 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Temperature: 167 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: BUR

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820708029349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820708029349A), Jul 8, 1982: Cessna 414, Burbank, CA, Substantial damage. Left main landing gear collapsed during landing roll. Drag brace bushings were loose.

## Other investigations on N46TA (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA22LA215](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA22LA215), May 2, 2022: Cessna 414 (N46TA), Connellsville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot/mechanic’s failure to properly secure two airplane avionics units, which resulted in the trays supporting the units to sag downward and become lodged in the movement area of the elevator…

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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