# NTSB Accident MIA01LA040
> **Cessna 421B** · 2000-12-14 · PENSACOLA, FL, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA01LA040
- **Event ID:** 20001226X45490
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2000-12-14
- **Location:** PENSACOLA, FL, USA
- **Coordinates:** 30.470479, -87.190078
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 4
- **Total aboard:** 4
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Cessna
- **Model:** 421B
- **Registration:** N781SL
- **FAR Part:** 135
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** NDRK
- **Weather:** IMC
## Probable cause

The failure of the left main landing gear scissors washer during taxi for takeoff, and collapse of the left main landing gear. A factor in the accident was the failure of unknown maintenance personnel to comply with a manufacturers service letter concerning the scissors washers.

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