# Incident 19800418044679I: Cessna 404CESSNA, Anchorage, AK, April 18, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1980, 18:40 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2181° N, 149.9003° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Anchorage, AK, within about 23 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2181&lon=-149.9003&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8838G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8838G-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 404 (registry code 2075901, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-404) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 404CESSNA
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,346 total, 150 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA040) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800418044679I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. PILOT WAS UNABLE TO VERIFY GEAR POSITION WITH DEFECTIVE LIGHT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC80FA040](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC80FA040), Apr 18, 1980: Cessna 404 (N8838G), Anchorage, AK, incident, minor damage

## Other reports on N8838G (2)

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

- [Incident 19860130003499I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860130003499I), Jan 30, 1986: Cessna 404CESSNA (N8838G), San Jose, CA, Minor damage. Fire and sparks from engine. Fire bottle discharged, diverted, engine shutdown. Alternator filter shorted.
- [Incident 19850115005529I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850115005529I), Jan 15, 1985: Cessna 404CESSNA (N8838G), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. During taxi, right main landing gear collapsed. The down lock was defective.

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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