# Incident 19790315009329I: Cessna 337, Mount Comfort, IN, March 15, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 15, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Mount Comfort, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8309° N, 85.9153° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mount Comfort, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8309&lon=-85.9153&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2135X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2135X-1979-05-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 337 (registry code 2075702, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-337) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 337
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 710 total, 29 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/19790315009329I

## Narrative

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

LEFT GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN. FOUND FAULTY GEAR DOWNLOCK ACTUATOR.

## Other reports on N2135X (1)

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

- [Incident 19790214005559I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790214005559I), Feb 14, 1979: Cessna 337 (N2135X), Mount Comfort, IN, Minor damage. Pilot touched down in soft snow at side of runway and lost directional control.

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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