Cessna 320C N3022T

Summary

On 13 April 2007 at about 19:59 local time, a Cessna 320C registered N3022T was involved in an accident near McKinney, Texas, 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.

Date

13 April 2007 at 19:59

Classification

Accident

Location

McKinney, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Collin County Regional Airport (KTKI)

Coordinates

33.1781, -96.5906

Aircraft

Cessna 320C

Registration

N3022T

Category

Airplane

Engines

2

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Sherman → McKinney

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07CA091

Nobody was injured.

The collapsed of the right main landing gear as result of the failure of the over center down lock.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 24,355-hour airline transport pilot was conducting an instructional training flight with a 30,000-hour airline transport pilot performing touch and go landings to Runway 17 in a light twin-engine airplane. During the landing touchdown to the 7,000-feet long, by 100-feet wide asphalt runway, the right main landing gear collapsed. The flight instructor reported in the NTSB Form 6120.1 (Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident/Incident Report) that immediately after touchdown on the runway, the "right side slowly lowered." The pilot receiving instruction was on the controls and announced "something is wrong" and both pilots immediately applied full left aileron and left brake to limit the right yaw. The aircraft departed the runway on the right side onto the grass and a shallow ditch before coming to a stop with the right gear collapsed and nose and left gear down and locked. The aircraft sustained structural damage to the right wing and right horizontal stabilizer and both occupants were able to egress the airplane unassisted. Neither pilot was injured. A post-accident inspection of the wreckage by a Federal Aviation Administration inspector revealed that the right landing gear over-center down link lock failed on touchdown. The weather at the accident site was reported as wind from 100 degrees at 9 knots, overcast skies at 2,000 feet, 10 miles visibility, and a barometric pressure setting of 29.70 inches of Mercury.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.