- Date
- July 1, 1990, 14:35 local (21:35 UTC)
- Place
- Salinas, CA
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5411MCessna 340
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900701023479A
- Case key
- 26857
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Probable cause
The failure of maintenance personnel to reinstall the landing gear retract/extension linkage and the failure of inspection personnel to detect the improper installation.
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 aircraft's right main landing gear collapsed on landing. The landing gear retract/extend linkage was found disconnected and the attaching hardware, nuts and washers, were found in the wheel well. The linkage had been disconnected during maintenance performed three operational hours prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5411M
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3400026
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Benech, Edmond A., doing business as Dem Associates
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Departed
- UKI · Ukiah, CA
- Destination
- SNS
- Airport
- SNS · Salinas Muni, runway 31, 4,825 × 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
- 41
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 2,021 total · 1,965 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 15,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- SNS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.