# Incident 19810531052399I: Cessna 401, Imperial, CA, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 10:30 local time
- Place: Imperial, CA
- Airport: Imperial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.8342° N, 115.5787° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at IMPERIAL COUNTY (IPL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8342&lon=-115.5787&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6279Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6279Q-1996-10-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 401A (registry code 207590D, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-401a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 401
- People aboard: 7
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,500 total, 8 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/19810531052399I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DURING GROUND OPERATION. PROBABLE PILOT ERROR.

## Other reports on N6279Q (1)

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

- [Incident 19780326010659I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780326010659I), Mar 26, 1978: Cessna 401A (N6279Q), Indianapolis, IN. IFR pilot lost communications, then navigation, squawked 7600, continued to VFR weather, landed.

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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