# Incident 19780419008479I: Cessna 402B, Pago Pago, American Samoa, April 19, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 19, 1978, 09:45 local time
- Place: Pago Pago, American Samoa
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 14.2781° S, 170.7025° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pago Pago, AS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=-14.2781&lon=-170.7025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41SP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N41SP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421B (registry code 2076014, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402B
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520E
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 600 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/19780419008479I

## Narrative

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

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR LIGHT. NOSE GEAR SLOWLY COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. RETRACTION SUPPORT BRACKET BROKEN.

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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