- Date
- March 18, 1984, 19:35 local (Mar 19, 1984, 01:35 UTC)
- Place
- Olathe, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6320XCessna 340
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840318007329A
- Case key
- 33656
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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 acft skidded off the rwy into slush covered terrain alongside the rwy, dragging the left gear in the mud. As the acft continued its fwd roll the main gear struck the edge of a taxiway & collapsed backwards. The rwy was covered with slush at the time of the accident & a crosswind condition existed. Braking action was reported to be fair to poor by thepilots of two acft which landed before the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6320X
- Reported as
- Cessna 340
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 340A0491
- Airframe hours
- 800
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-N, 310 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne A. Bower
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 31, 1983 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- 81J · Destin, FL
- Destination
- OJC · Johnson County, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- OJC · Johnson County Executive, runway 35, 4,099 × 75 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
- 42
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 50 in this make and model · 2,350 as pilot in command · 60 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 70° at 15 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OJC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N6320X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.