- Date
- April 5, 1984, 02:15 local (08:15 UTC)
- Place
- Wichita, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N101SBCessna 401
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840405036259A
- Case key
- 33661
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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 plt reported that 3-4 secs after he made a smooth landing, the right main landing gear collapsed. The acft then went off the side of the rwy & struck a sign. Post-accident inspection indicated that the right gear had been down & locked before the gear had collapsed inward.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N101SB
- Reported as
- Cessna 401
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 401-0241
- Airframe hours
- 5,303
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Mccauley Air Center
- Registered owner
- Ems Leasing Company
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- HUT · Hutchinson, KS
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ICT · Mid-Continent, runway 1R, 7,302 × 150 ft, concrete
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
- 22
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,564 total · 355 in this make and model · 20,000 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/bright
- Wind
- 350° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 34 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ICT
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 N101SB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.