# Incident 19800824064079I: Cessna 421A, Chino, CA, August 24, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 24, 1980, 22:30 local time
- Place: Chino, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9763° N, 117.6745° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Chino, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9763&lon=-117.6745&mi=10
- Aircraft: N599SS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N599SS-2013-04-25) (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 421A
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,281 total, 104 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/19800824064079I

## Narrative

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

RETRACT EXTEND BELLCRANK FOR THE NOSE GEAR BROKE DURING EXTENSION. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN.

## Other reports on N599SS (1)

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

- [Incident 19780919020279I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780919020279I), Sep 19, 1978: Cessna 421 (N599SS), Corona, CA, Minor damage. Aircraft landed downwind after non pattern approach. Touched down mid field and ran off side and end.

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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