# Incident 19810204023389I: Cessna 401B, College Station, TX, February 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 4, 1981, 10:20 local time
- Place: College Station, TX
- Airport: 28
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6280° N, 96.3344° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of College Station, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6280&lon=-96.3344&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9146N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9146N-2013-09-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401B (registry code 207590E, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 500 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810204023389I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ELECTED TO LAND WITH UNSAFE NOSE GEAR LIGHT. GEAR COLLAPSED ON TOUCHDOWN, NOSE GEAR TORQUE TUBE TORN LOOSE.

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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