# Incident 19830406033949I: Cessna 421C, Midland, TX, April 6, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 6, 1983, 08:00 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3855C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3855C-2017-06-14) (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
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,250 total, 450 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830406033949I

## Narrative

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

LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED ON THE TAKEOFF ROLL. NO DEFECTS FOUND EXCEPT METAL SHAVINGS MAY HAVE SHORTED GEAR SELECTOR.

## Other reports on N3855C (3)

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

- [Accident 20021203036219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20021203036219A), Dec 3, 2002: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Tijique, NM, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) On December 3, 2002 at approximately 2035 mountain standard time, a Cessna 421C twin-engine airplane registered to gerald n. wingett and victoria k.…
- [Incident 19900127009849I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900127009849I), Jan 27, 1990: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Navajo Dam, NM, Minor damage. On takeoff uneven power caused aircraft to veer off runway. Nose gear collapsed. Runway slick.
- [Incident 19840507027729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840507027729I), May 7, 1984: Cessna 421C (N3855C), Midland, TX, Minor damage. While taxiing to park the nose landing gear collapsed.

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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