ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 384968
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| Date: | Thursday 25 February 1982 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 421B |
| Owner/operator: | Performance Air Charter |
| Registration: | N100CA |
| MSN: | 421B0503 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 1535 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental GTSIO-520-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Eunice, LA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Abbeville, LA |
| Eunice, LA | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
SHORTLY AFTER TOUCHDOWN DURING A LANDING. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN VEERED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A DITCH. THE RIGHT MAIN AND NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER STRIKING THE DITCH. AN EXAMINATION OF THE LEFT GEAR REVEALED THAT A BOLT IN THE LEFT BELLCRANK ASSEMBLY, PN 5041001-5, HAD SHEARED. ALSO, ONE EAR OF THE LOWER CLEVIS ON THE BELLCRANK HAD BROKEN. METALLURGICAL EXAMINATION REVEALED THAT THE FRACTURE CHARACTERISTICS WERE INDICATIVE OF AN OVERSTRESS SEPARATION. RESEARCH OF THE CESSNA 421B LANDING GEAR SYSTEM REVEALED THAT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE COULD OCCUR IF THE LANDING GEAR MECHANISM IS IMPROPERLY RIGGED. HOWEVER, NO DETERMINATION WAS MADE CONCERNING THE ADEQUACY OF THE AIRCRAFT INSPECTIONS.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW82DA080
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 June 1982 | N100CA | Stan-dan Inc. | 0 | Clearwater, FL | |
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| 10 October 1991 | N100CA | Aviation Specialist, Inc. | 0 | Battle Creek, MI | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 03-Apr-2024 16:53 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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