- Date
- July 3, 1985, 21:10 local (Jul 4, 1985, 04:10 UTC)
- Place
- San Diego, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N222CFCessna 421A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850703037079A
- Case key
- 24764
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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
During landing roll out the right main gear collapsed in an outward direction. Exam of the rt gear revealed that the bolt which is associated with the upper & lower gear torque links was missing. An exam of the left gear assembly revealed that the required cotter pin, which secures the corresponding bolt for the lt gear, was missing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N222CF
- Reported as
- Cessna 421A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 421A0015
- Engine
- Continental GTSIO-520-D, 375 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- David Tolle
- Registered owner
- Galen L. Skeem/Robert D. Ford
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- RNO · Reno, NV
- Destination
- SDM · San Diego, CA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- SDM · Brown Fld Muni, runway 26, 7,999 × 200 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
- 24
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,640 total · 13 in this make and model · 1,499 as pilot in command · 47 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 8 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 260° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Observed at
- SDM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.