- Date
- February 14, 1989, 12:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place
- Jacksonville, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N5454XCessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890214032329A
- Case key
- 32398
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Probable cause
Seizure of the right main landing gear upper downlock top bushing, and the failure of other maintenance personnel to properly rig the landing gear down light micro switches.
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 experienced a collapse of the right main landing gear during taxi. The investigation revealed that the collapse was due to the seizure of the upper downlock top bushing. It allowed the main landing gear to be rigged improperly and not be fully down and locked when the gear down light was illuminated. The mechanic stated that the expanded inspection procedures specity that the landing gear bushing must be free.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5454X
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A1512
- Airframe hours
- 1,342
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Eric Friedrich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 23, 1988 · 70 hours before
- Departed
- BQK · Brunswick, GA
- Destination
- CRG · Jacksonville, FL
- Airport
- CRG · Craig Field, runway 22, 4,001 × 100 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
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,046 total · 80 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CRG
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.