# Incident 19820304016519I: Cessna 421C, Santa Maria, CA, March 4, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 1982, 21:30 local time
- Place: Santa Maria, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9331° N, 120.4436° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santa Maria, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9331&lon=-120.4436&mi=10
- Aircraft: N98437, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N98437) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421C (registry code 2076016, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSI0-520-F-K (registry code 17031, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsi0-520-f-k) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421C
- Reported engine: CONT IO520L
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,677 total, 125 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820304016519I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. NOSE LANDING GEAR RETRACT CYLINDER ROD END FAILED.

## Other reports on N98437 (2)

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

- [Incident 19960920040579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960920040579I), Sep 20, 1996: Cessna 421C (N98437), Akron, OH, Minor damage. Narrative: upon landing nose gear collapsed. Eye broke off the end of nose gear actuator. This was the 9th landing since nose gear actuator was replaced. Props…
- [Accident 19810927065271A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810927065271A), Sep 27, 1981: Cessna 421 (N98437), Placerville, CA, Substantial damage. Aircraft collided with N96837 while taxiing in from landing. Other aircraft failed to yield right of way.

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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