Aviation Crash Map

Cessna 401 N3298Q

15 September 1985 · Cheswold, Delaware, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 15 September 1985 at about 11:20 local time, a Cessna 401 registered N3298Q, operated by Aero Quest Aviation, was involved in an accident near Cheswold, Delaware, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date
at 11:20
Classification
Accident
Location
Cheswold, Delaware, United States
Nearest airport
Delaware Airpark (33N)
Coordinates
39.2199, -75.5791
Aircraft
Cessna 401
Registration
N3298Q
Category
Airplane
Engines
2
Operator
Aero Quest Aviation
Operating rule
Part 91: General Aviation
Purpose of flight
Personal
Phase of flight
Not recorded
Route
Winston-Salem → Dover
Aircraft damage
Substantial
Weather
VMC
Light
Day
NTSB number
BFO85LA076

People

Nobody was injured.

On board Died Serious Minor Uninjured
3 0 0 0 3

Probable cause

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

AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27, THE PILOT SLOWED THE AIRCRAFT TO APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH. THE AIRCRAFT HAD ROLLED OUT ABOUT 1000 FEET WHEN THE GEAR HORN SOUNDED AND ALL THREE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. THE PILOT REACHED FOR THE GEAR SWITCH, WHICH WAS IN THE UP POSITION, BUT THE GEAR COMPLETED ITS RETRACTION AND THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ALONG THE RUNWAY APPROXIMATELY 127 FEET. TESTING OF THE SQUAT SWITCH, ACCORDING TO THE PILOT, REVEALED THAT THE SWITCH HAD FAILED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

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no coordinates
- No injuries -
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