# Accident 19810415016789A: Cessna 401, Alameda, NM, April 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 15, 1981, 18:30 local time
- Place: Alameda, NM
- Airport: Alameda
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1867° N, 106.6181° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alameda, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1867&lon=-106.6181&mi=10
- Aircraft: N441RS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 522 total, 110 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FQA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810415016789A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. FOUND BROKEN BOLT IN LANDING GEAR ATTACH SECTION.

## 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 FTW81FQA24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FQA24), Apr 15, 1981: Cessna 401 (N441RS), Alameda, NM, substantial 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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