# Incident 19800305031069I: Cessna 421, Orlando, FL, March 5, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1980, 09:34 local time
- Place: Orlando, FL
- Airport: Herndon
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5383° N, 81.3792° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orlando, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5383&lon=-81.3792&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4484, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4484-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 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/19800305031069I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FORCED TO USE EMERGENCY GEAR EXTENSION SYSTEM. RIGHT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. NO SAFETY WIRE OR TRUNION PIN FOUND

## Other reports on N4484 (1)

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

- [Accident 19810203002521A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810203002521A), Feb 3, 1981: Cessna 421 (N4484), Ft Lauderdale, FL, Destroyed, 3 fatal. On go around, remained low over runway. Collided with N739DV as it was climbing on a touch and go. ATC also remiss

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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