Cessna 421B N69GP

Summary

On 5 October 1999 at about 06:45 local time, a Cessna 421B registered N69GP was involved in an accident near Montague, California, United States. 5 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.

Date

5 October 1999 at 06:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Montague, California, United States

Nearest airport

Montague-Yreka Rohrer Fld (105)

Coordinates

41.7599, -122.3909

Aircraft

Cessna 421B

Registration

N69GP

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Reno → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

LAX00LA004

Nobody was injured.

The collapse of the left main landing gear during the landing rollout for undetermined reasons, which resulted in the pilot's loss of directional control.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot landed, and about 500 to 800 feet beyond his touchdown point, the left main landing gear collapsed. He attempted to maintain direction control with aileron and rudder, but the airplane continued to veer left off the runway toward the ramp area. Before coming to a stop, the right side of the airplane impacted the left wing of a parked Cessna P210N, causing substantial damage to both aircraft. The Cessna P210N then spun around, came out of its tie down chains, and collided with a parked Cessna 150K, inflicting minor damage to it. The pilot reported that all three green landing gear down indicator lights had been illuminated prior to landing. The postcrash examination of the airplane revealed that the left landing gear had retracted up into the gear well, and the nose gear and the right gear appeared to be undamaged. Examination of the landing gear and the associated extension/retraction systems failed to disclose a cause for the collapse. The pilot reported that he hadn't experienced any mechanical problems with the aircraft prior to the accident. He estimated that the winds at the accident airport were from approximately 200 degrees at less than 5 knots.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.