- Date
- October 28, 1985, 10:25 local (14:25 UTC)
- Place
- St. Thomas
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N98685Cessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19851028076179I
- Case key
- 31519
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After landing the pilot made a 270 degree left turn to entera taxiway. After completion of the turn the left main landing gear began to wobble and then collapsed outwardinspection of the aircraft revealed that of six bolts which attach the left gear support bracket to the aircraft structure, five were missing and the remaining bolt had pulled loose from the structure. The bolts that wear missing were not recovered.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98685
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401B1048
- Airframe hours
- 6,548
- Engine
- Continental TSIO520 E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- C And M Airlines, doing business as Apr Air
- Registered owner
- Bill T. Spero
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 9, 1985 · 63 hours before
- Departed
- SIG · San Juan, PR
- Destination
- STT · St. Thomas
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- STT · Harry S. Truman, runway 9, 5,358 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 4,951 total · 31 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command · 31 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- STT
FAA reports on this event · 1
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