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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421 · South Hill, VA · October 29, 1978

Date
October 29, 1978 · 17:50 local
Place
South Hill, VA
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N421CM
Reported as
Cessna 421
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
1,147 total247 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 retracted the gear for go around. Failed to put it back down again.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT RETRACTED THE GEAR FOR GO AROUND. FAILED TO PUT IT BACK DOWN AGAIN.