# Incident 19811214086809I: Cessna 414, El Paso, TX, December 14, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1981, 08:55 local time
- Place: El Paso, TX
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.7587° N, 106.4869° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of El Paso, TX, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.7587&lon=-106.4869&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81JK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81JK-2024-02-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 414 (registry code 2075908, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-414) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 414
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,811 total, 96 in this make and model, 101 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811214086809I

## Narrative

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

ZA UNSAFE NOSE GEAR LIGHT, MANUAL EXTENSION NOT ABLE. NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FLAT NOSE GEAR STRUT DAMAGE.

## Other reports on N81JK (1)

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

- [Incident 19950426016419I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950426016419I), Apr 26, 1995: Cessna 414 (N81JK), Helena, MT. Narrative: on April 27, 1995 at 2130Z, a Cessna 414 owned by 3-D aviation reported to hln tower that there was a smell of smoke in the cockpit and the pilot…

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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