Plane Crash List

Cessna 340A N555KB

22 July 1990 · Prospect, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 July 1990 at about 20:30 local time, a Cessna 340A registered N555KB, operated by Brennan Aviation Corp., was involved in an accident near Prospect, Pennsylvania, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

The record

Date
at 20:30
Classification
Accident
Location
Prospect, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport
Koehler (NONE)
Coordinates
40.8990, -80.0402
Aircraft
Cessna 340A
Registration
N555KB
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Brennan Aviation Corp.
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Nantucket → Unknown
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
NYC90LA170

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
2 0 0 0 2

Probable cause

AN ON GROUND COLLISION WITH TERRAIN AFTER THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SIDE BRACE FAILED DUE TO SHEAR FROM THE SOFT, WET, ROUGH RUNWAY, ALLOWING THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR TO COLLAPSE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE PILOT SAID THAT TOUCHDOWN WAS NORMAL AND AFTER ROLLING APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET THE FIRST INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS WRONG WAS SEEING AND HEARING THE RIGHT PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY. THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR FOLDED. THE AIRPLANE STARTED SLIDING USING THE RIGHT PROPELLER AS A SKID. THE AIRPLANE SLID TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY AND STOPPED 600 FEET FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY IN A MARSHY AREA. INSPECTION REVEALED THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR DOWN LOCK LINKAGE SEPARATED BETWEEN THE ROD END AND THE SIDE BRACE LOCK LINK ASSEMBLY. THE END FITTING BOLT WAS SHEARED AT THE FITTING. THE RUNWAY SURFACE WAS WET AND CONSISTED OF TAR AND CHIP (ALMOST LIKE GRAVEL).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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