# Incident 19810304025419I: Cessna 421C, Terre Haute, IN, March 4, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1981, 14:15 local time
- Place: Terre Haute, IN
- Airport: Sky King
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5478° N, 87.3774° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKY KING (3I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5478&lon=-87.3774&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421BC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421BC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 3,000 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/19810304025419I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR RETRACT EXTEND CYLINDER FAILED; AIRCRAFT LANDED IN MAIN GEAR ONLY>  MINOR DAMAGE>

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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