- Date
- March 16, 1990, 14:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N711AGCessna 414
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900316004709A
- Case key
- 26757
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Probable cause
Right main gear scissors assemlby becoming disconnected during landing roll, allowing the right run landing gear to collapse; scissor assembly washers not being replaced as recommended in Cessna aircraft service bulletin ME83-37..
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 pilot reported that the aircraft landed normally and during the landing roll a loud 'bang' was heard and the right main landing gear collapsed. An investigation was conducted by an FAA airworthiness inspector. During this investigation, it was noted that a washer in the right main landing gear assembly failed. Subsequent investigation, including a review of the aircraft maintenance records, revealed that Cessna aircraft service information letter number ME83-37, dated November 23, 1983 had not been complied with. This service letter recommended replacement of the original washers with a new washer, Cessna part number S1450-5H12-063. (Old part number 5045018-2)
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711AG
- Reported as
- Cessna 414
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 414-0016
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-720-1BD, 400 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Greco, Alexander A
- Departed
- CRQ · Carlsbad, CA
- Airport
- L39 · Ramona Airport, runway 9, 4,000 × 150 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
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine sea, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,300 total · 50 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 71 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.