19841018063969I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 421C · San Jose, CA · October 18, 1984

Date
October 18, 1984 · 15:34 local
Place
San Jose, CA
Airport
International
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8643N
Reported as
Cessna 421C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,800 total1,300 in this make and model120 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.

While maneuvering around other plane in runup area left main gear went into soft dirt. Left main collapsed.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE MANEUVERING AROUND OTHER PLANE IN RUNUP AREA LEFT MAIN GEAR WENT INTO SOFT DIRT. LEFT MAIN COLLAPSED.