# NTSB MIA82DA137: Cessna 421B, N100CA, Clearwater, FL, June 19, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1982, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC)
- Place: Clearwater, FL
- Location: 27.9086° N, 82.6865° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ST PETE-CLEARWATER INTL (PIE), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9086&lon=-82.6865&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report June 19, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 70270
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA82DA137
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/70270/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA82DA137

## Sequence of events

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

- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,normal retraction/extension assembly - failure,total (cause)

## Analysis

WHILE ON THE LANDING ROLL, THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE SIDE LOCK LINK, PN 0841111-1, ON THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR HAD FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N100CA (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 421B0503
- Airframe hours: 1564
- Engines: CONTINENTAL GTSIO-520-H 375 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Stan-Dan Inc.
- Registered owner: Stan-Dan Inc.
- Departed: PIE, CLEARWATER, FL
- Destination: PIE, CLEARWATER, FL
- Airport: PIE, St. Petersburg Clearwater, runway 4, 5,722 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; commercial, flight instructor; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine sea, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 14,800 total, 200 in this make and model, 13,600 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 40 in the last 30 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 350° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 190 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE

## 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 19820619026869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820619026869A), Jun 19, 1982: Cessna 421B, St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Right gear collapsed during landing roll because lock pin failed. P/N0841111-1.

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.

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