# Incident 19830428070549I: Cessna 421C, Houston, TX, April 28, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1983, 09:40 local time
- Place: Houston, TX
- Airport: Intercontinental
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.7633° N, 95.3633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houston, TX, within about 14 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.7633&lon=-95.3633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N421RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N421RA) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,300 total, 450 in this make and model, 105 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830428070549I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON ROLLOUT. FOUND NOSE GEAR ACTUATOR ROD END BROKEN.

## Other reports on N421RA (1)

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

- [Incident 19911221060589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19911221060589I), Dec 21, 1991: Cessna 421C (N421RA), Billings, MT. Lost NR2 engine oil pressure. Returned to Billings. Found hydraulic pump idler gear shaft had failed.

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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