Cessna 340 N340DW

Summary

On 2 March 2017 at about 15:34 local time, a Cessna 340 registered N340DW, operated by Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Truste, was involved in an accident near Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States. One person was 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

2 March 2017 at 15:34

Classification

Accident

Location

Ft Lauderdale, Florida, United States

Nearest airport

Fort Lauderdale Executive (FXE)

Coordinates

26.1972, -80.1708

Aircraft

Cessna 340

Registration

N340DW

Category

Airplane

Year built

1978

Engines

2

Operator

Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Truste

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Flight Test

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Ft Lauderdale → Ft Lauderdale

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ERA17LA121

Nobody was injured.

Failure of the left main landing gear downlock link, which resulted in a landing gear collapse during the landing roll.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

During approach, the airline transport pilot observed a cockpit indication that the landing gear was down and locked; however, the left main landing gear collapsed during the landing roll. The left propeller struck the runway, and the airplane veered off the left side of the runway and came to rest in the grass. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left wing. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the left main landing gear downlock link had separated. The airplane experienced a previous landing gear collapse about 3 years before the accident. However, it had been flown about 6 hours uneventfully after extensive repairs from the previous accident and two subsequent annual inspections. It could not be determined if these events are related.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.