Cessna 421A N2231Q

Summary

On 24 September 1982 at about 15:10 local time, a Cessna 421A registered N2231Q, operated by GUY E. Counselman, was involved in an accident near Sabetha, Kansas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

24 September 1982 at 15:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Sabetha, Kansas, United States

Nearest airport

Sabetha Muni (K83)

Coordinates

39.9008, -95.7904

Aircraft

Cessna 421A

Registration

N2231Q

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

GUY E. Counselman

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Public Use

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Topeka → Sabetha

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC82FA174

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT THE GEAR INDICATED DOWN AND LOCKED PRIOR TO LANDING AND DURING THE FIRST PART OF THE LANDING ROLL. AFTER ABOUT 1,000 FT OF ROLL THE PLT GOT AN UNSAFE INDICATION AND THE LEFT WING BEGAN TO SETTLE. AFTER THE LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED THE ACFT SWERVED TO THE LEFT OFF THE RWY. THE BOLT, P/N NAS464P4-26, WHICH ATTACHES THE BELLCRANK, PN 5041001-1, TO THE STRUT WAS SHEARED AND ONE SIDE OF THE CLEVIS AT THE LOWER END OF THE BELLCRANK. BOTH OF THESE BROKEN COMPONENTS COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH OVERLOAD CONDITIONS INDUCED WHEN THE GEAR COLLAPSED AND NEITHER SHOWED EVIDENCE OF PREVIOUS DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A HARD LANDING. THE LANDING GEAR COMPONENTS APPEARED TO HAVE ADEQUATE LUBRICATION. DUE TO IMPACT DAMAGE THE RIGGING OF THE RETRACTION LINKAGE PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT COULD NOT BE DETERMINED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.