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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 402B · Indianapolis, IN · April 14, 1978

Date
April 14, 1978 · 22:56 local
Place
Indianapolis, IN
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8214Q
Reported as
Cessna 402B
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total4 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot unable to extend right gear for landing. Found strut upper stop bearing failed causing gear to jam.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND RIGHT GEAR FOR LANDING. FOUND STRUT UPPER STOP BEARING FAILED CAUSING GEAR TO JAM.