# Incident 19781029027689I: Cessna 421A, White Plains, NY, October 29, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 29, 1978, 19:15 local time
- Place: White Plains, NY
- Airport: Westchester Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.0670° N, 73.7076° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WESTCHESTER COUNTY (HPN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0670&lon=-73.7076&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2972Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2972Q-1980-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 125 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/19781029027689I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED AFTER TOUCHDOWN DUE TO FAILURE OF A DOWN LOCK BELL CRANK PIVOT BOLT.

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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