# Incident 19820803046179I: Cessna 421A, Winnemucca, NV, August 3, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1982, 13:30 local time
- Place: Winnemucca, NV
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9644° N, 117.7246° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winnemucca, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9644&lon=-117.7246&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421JD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421JD-2012-11-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421A (registry code 2076012, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421A
- Reported engine: CONT IO520*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 1,100 in this make and model, 250 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820803046179I

## Narrative

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

NOSE FAILED TO LOCK AND COLLAPSED ON LANDING. FOUND LINKAGE TO NOSE GEAR DOORS WAS UNBOLTED.

## Other reports on N421JD (1)

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

- [Incident 19870329014739I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870329014739I), Mar 29, 1987: Cessna 421A (N421JD), El Monte, CA, Minor damage. Stolen aircraft with uncertificated pilot. Wingtip struck a police car. Shots fired. Numerous airport touch and go's.

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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