# Incident 19791023054639I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Ft Wayne, IN, October 23, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 23, 1979, 07:57 local time
- Place: Ft Wayne, IN
- Airport: Baer
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: RPA
- Location: 41.1306° N, 85.1289° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Wayne, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1306&lon=-85.1289&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4048Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4048Q-1990-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402 (registry code 207590K, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,800 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/19791023054639I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO LOWER THE NOSE GEAR DUE TO MISSING BOLT IN STEERING BLOCK GIMBAL, PN5042012-4.

## Other reports on N4048Q (3)

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

- [Incident 19790112001459I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790112001459I), Jan 12, 1979: Cessna 402CESSNA (N4048Q), Rochester, NY. Left landing gear folds on rollout. Bellcrank had failed.
- [Accident 19780927040089A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780927040089A), Sep 27, 1978: Cessna 402B (N4048Q), Indianapolis, IN, Substantial damage. Cylinder and trunnion pn 504-1000-81 cracked prior to accident.
- [Incident 19780124004739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780124004739I), Jan 24, 1978: Cessna 402CESSNA (N4048Q), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Pilot allowed plane to drift off to side of runway into snow along side of runwa. Damage to nosegear.

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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