- Date
- March 17, 1987, 09:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Walla Walla, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N4549QCessna 402A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870317006349A
- Case key
- 40516
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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
During lndg roll the rt main lndg gear of the Cessna 402A collapsed. Visual inspection of the bell crank assembly revealed fracture surfaces similar to those of instantaneous overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4549Q
- Reported as
- Cessna 402A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 402A0049
- Airframe hours
- 8,520
- Engine
- Continental TSIO-520-E, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 135
- Operator
- Richardson Aviation, Inc.
- Registered owner
- Richardson Aviation
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 1, 1987
- Departed
- PSC · Pasco, WA
- Destination
- ALW · Walla Walla, WA
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- ALW · Walla Walla City County, runway 20, 7,186 × 150 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,425 total · 3,450 in this make and model · 5,240 as pilot in command · 410 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 50 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ALW
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 N4549Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.