- Date
- April 2, 1989, 11:12 local (15:12 UTC)
- Place
- West Palm Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4273CCessna 340A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890402029699A
- Case key
- 32418
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Probable cause
Failure of the right main landing gear bellcrank assembly due to binding and inadequate maintenance lubrication.
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 plt stated that he had three green lights on approach, but on landing rollout, the right main gear collapsed. Subsequently, the acft slid off the runway into the grass. An exam of the right main landing gear revealed the bellcrank assembly had failed due to binding, caused by lack of lubrication of the down lock brace. The plt had taken the acft to maintainence for corrective action when the right landing gear light did not function on the previous flt. The acft was checked as ok & released for flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4273C
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A1009
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-NB, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clay E Buzzard
- Registered owner
- Middle Atlantic Whse Dist Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- PBT · Palm Beach Intl, runway 13, 6,930 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,200 total · 675 in this make and model · 2,000 as pilot in command · 12 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 17 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.