- Date
- July 22, 1989, 18:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- St. Clair, MO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N314DCessna 320
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 2, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890722025379A
- Case key
- 34837
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Probable cause
The landing gear retraction/extention system failed for undetermined reason.
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
During the landing roll, the pilot said the landing gear collapsed in sequential order of right main, nose wheel and the left main gear. Post accident investigation revealed no malfunction of electrical or mechanical portion of the landing gear system.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N314D
- Reported as
- Cessna 320
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 320C0067
- Airframe hours
- 5,481
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-470-D, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Operator
- Mosby, John
- Registered owner
- Quadrant Co. Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · December 21, 1988 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- UBX · Cuba, MO
- Airport
- K39 · St. Clair, runway 20, 3,000 × 50 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
- 57
- 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
- 3,850 total · 820 in this make and model · 3,644 as pilot in command · 80 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.