32.7254° N, 97.3208° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Worth, TX, within about 11 miles.Open in the map
Date
October 29, 1982 · 14:46 local
Place
Ft Worth, TX
Airport
Meacham
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N3925C
Reported as
Cessna 421C
Reported engine
Continental IO520L
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
3,350 total750 in this make and model50 in the last 90 days
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot landed with nose gear in retracted position. Used emergency procedures. Bolt missing from door actuator rod.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED WITH NOSE GEAR IN RETRACTED POSITION. USED EMERGENCY PROCEDURES. BOLT MISSING FROM DOOR ACTUATOR ROD.