# Incident 19780308014289I: Cessna 421B, Savoy, IL, March 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 8, 1978, 08:40 local time
- Place: Savoy, IL
- Airport: Willard
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0591° N, 88.2545° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Savoy, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0591&lon=-88.2545&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14DB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N14DB-2005-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 340 (registry code 2076404, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-340) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,100 total, 775 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780308014289I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN. MAIN GEAR DOWN LOCK TENSION WAS BELOW MINIMUM.

## Other reports on N14DB (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19910102000079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910102000079A), Jan 2, 1991: Cessna 340CESSNA (N14DB), St Louis, MO, Substantial damage. Fogged windshield leveled off high and dropped to slush covered runway. Slid off and collapsed left main gear.
- [Accident 19761117036259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761117036259A), Nov 17, 1976: Cessna 421B (N14DB), Findlay, OH, Substantial damage. Trim tab actuator maint,rod secured & cotter pin instld in nut. Rod disconnected for rerigging ck.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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