# Incident 19830331019289I: Cessna 421, Carlsbad, CA, March 31, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1983, 12:10 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Airport: Mcclellan Palmor
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1581° N, 117.3506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1581&lon=-117.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421JF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N421JF-1997-04-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 421 (registry code 2076010, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-421) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 421
- Reported engine: CONT GTSIO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 10 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830331019289I

## Narrative

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

MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. VEERED OFF RUNWAY AND STRUCK A CULVERT. CAUSE OF GEAR COLLAPSE NOT KNOWN.

## Other reports on N421JF (2)

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

- [Incident 19820402013039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820402013039I), Apr 2, 1982: Cessna 421 (N421JF), Hayward, CA, Minor damage. Left main gear collapsed on landing. Broken bolt in gear down lock.
- [Incident 19811005077269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811005077269I), Oct 5, 1981: Cessna 421 (N421JF), Chino, CA, Minor damage. After landing pilot inadvertently retracted landing instead of flaps.

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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