# Incident 19790102001039I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Houston, TX, January 2, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 2, 1979, 17:20 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Hobby
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3253Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3253Q-1988-09-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,500 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/19790102001039I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AFTER LANDING.  RETRACT BRACKET PN 5013106-3 HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N3253Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19800124017219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800124017219I), Jan 24, 1980: Cessna 402CESSNA (N3253Q), Wichita, KS, Minor damage. Heat and abrasion from damaged exhaust system shorted out both magnetos on the left engine.

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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