Cessna 421C N6771C

Summary

On 10 August 1982 at about 01:00 local time, a Cessna 421C registered N6771C, operated by Hoskings Exploration Helicopte, was involved in an accident near Bountiful, Utah, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

10 August 1982 at 01:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Bountiful, Utah, United States

Nearest airport

Salt Lake Skypark (BTF)

Coordinates

40.8802, -111.8194

Aircraft

Cessna 421C

Registration

N6771C

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Hoskings Exploration Helicopte

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Business

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Nucla → Houston

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN82DA160

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 PILOT REPORTED THAT THE APPROACH AND LANDING TO TOUCHDOWN WERE NORMAL. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRCRAFT SHUTTERED AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT, BUT WAS KEPT ON THE RUNWAY THROUGH THE USE OF LEFT BRAKE AND NOSEWHEEL STEERING. AFTER CONTINUING DOWN THE RUNWAY FOR ABOUT 1500 FT, THE AIRCRAFT SLOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THEN YAWED VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT AND SKIDDED WITH THE LEFT WING FORWARD. THE LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED AS THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A HALT. WHEN EXAMINED, THE RIGHT WHEEL WOULD ROTATE SLOWER THAN THE LEFT WHEN BOTH WERE ROTATED TOGETHER, BUT NEITHER LOCKED UP. WHILE THE RIGHT WHEEL WAS BEING TURNED, A BRAKE PUCK FELL OUT OF THE BRAKE ASSEMBLY. A DISASSEMBLY OF THE BRAKE REVEALED A SECOND PUCK WAS ALSO LOOSE. AFTER REASSEMBLY, THE RIGHT BRAKE OPERATED NORMALLY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.