- Date
- March 3, 1984, 10:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Penn Yan, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3374QCessna 402B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840303014129A
- Case key
- 35508
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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.
Undershoot
Altitude - not maintainedCause
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overloadFactor
Analysis
The acft entered a high sink rate during the final approach and collided with the ground. The plt managed to get the acft onto the rwy but the right main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll. A culvert is located near the approach end of rwy 28.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3374Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402B0558
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-420E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aaa Ambulance
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- ROC · Rochester, NY
- Destination
- N22 · Penn Yan, NY
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- N22 · Penn Yan, runway 28, 3,205 × 50 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 3,553 total · 221 in this make and model · 3,408 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 20 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 19 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.